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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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Hidden History
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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What Is Gnosticism?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
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TheCollector
5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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African History...
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over a year ago
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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Dreams of Space -...
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Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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projects and pain
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'If we can't...
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
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11 months ago
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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When Was the First Crusade?
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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And How Do We Learn?
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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Hidden History
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In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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a year ago
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
TheCollector
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Arguing with the Dead
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Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
7 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
TheCollector
6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
7 months ago
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
TheCollector
Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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African History...
Join me on Notes
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
a year ago
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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a year ago
Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
a week ago
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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a year ago
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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Flashbak
Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
3 weeks ago
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Secrets of Crete
a year ago
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
5 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
TheCollector
Who Was Walt Whitman?
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Flashbak
My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
9 months ago
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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History Today Feed
Calling Time on BC and AD
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
5 months ago
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
The Great Migration to Bluesky
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The Great Migration to Bluesky
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
3 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
4 months ago
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
TheCollector
Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
10 months ago
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
Trying to Understand...
No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
TheCollector
How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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Flashbak
Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
2 months ago
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
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A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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10 South American Artists You Should Know
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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History Today Feed
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
7 months ago
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that...
7 months ago
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
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Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
7 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
TheCollector
How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
a year ago
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
Classical Wisdom
Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
a month ago
History Today Feed
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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a year ago
History Today Feed
How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
9 months ago
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
TheCollector
Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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History Today Feed
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
7 months ago
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
History Today Feed
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
9 months ago
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
a year ago
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
Classical Wisdom
The Great Flood
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
10 months ago
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
TheCollector
Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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Who Were the Axis Powers?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
TheCollector
What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
9 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
TheCollector
Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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5 months ago
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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9 months ago
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
TheCollector
Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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6 months ago
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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7 months ago
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7 African Myths About Animals
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5 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
2 months ago
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
TheCollector
8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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a year ago
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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5 months ago
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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3 weeks ago
History Today Feed
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
Flashbak
Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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8 months ago
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The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the...
9 months ago
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
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11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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9 months ago
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
2 months ago
Plato on Political Polarization
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