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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
Which Playwright did it better?
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Which Playwright did it better?
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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
5 months ago
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
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We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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No End Of A Lesson.
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
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On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
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Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
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Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
Putting Pirates on Trial
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
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The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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A History of the United States Senate
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Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
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Count no man happy until the end is known
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A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
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Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
10 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
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Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
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A Brief History of Chile
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
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This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
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Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
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a year ago
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
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Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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over a year ago
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
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What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
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You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
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Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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What Are Conlangs?
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
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Summary of changes for June
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over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
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Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
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Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
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Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
9 months ago
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
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100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
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State and society on Africa's largest island.
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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The Value of Wills to Historians
The Value of Wills to Historians
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The Value of Wills to Historians
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Ancient Philosophy for Children
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Ancient Philosophy for Children
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
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Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
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Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
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Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
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Why people should stop talking about conscription.
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‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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How Did Socrates Die?
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
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This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
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Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
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Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
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The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
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Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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Stoicism and Stress
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle's Politics
3 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
10 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
TheCollector
Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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9 months ago
Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
Classical Wisdom
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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TheCollector
What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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Flashbak
This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
2 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
TheCollector
Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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TheCollector
3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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TheCollector
Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
TheCollector
When Was the First Crusade?
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TheCollector
Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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TheCollector
The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
a year ago
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
TheCollector
What Is Anti-Natalism?
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TheCollector
Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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Flashbak
The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
TheCollector
The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
TheCollector
Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
TheCollector
Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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History Today Feed
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
a year ago
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
History Today Feed
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 -...
a month ago
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
What Is Thatcherism?
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TheCollector
8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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Flashbak
1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
TheCollector
The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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TheCollector
Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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TheCollector
Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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Trying to Understand...
Useless in Gaza
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
a year ago
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
TheCollector
Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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TheCollector
What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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Flashbak
‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
TheCollector
What Was the Chaco War?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
a month ago
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
TheCollector
What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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TheCollector
Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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TheCollector
Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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TheCollector
What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
3 days ago
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
TheCollector
The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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History Today Feed
The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
6 months ago
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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2 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the...
11 months ago
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the Hellenistic army and its Macedonian phalanx and the Romans with their legions. Last week, we looked at the weapons, organization and fighting style of the Macedonian phalanx, the infantry...
TheCollector
Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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a year ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
3 months ago
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
TheCollector
The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
We Are All Civilisational States
It's just that some people don't realise it.
a year ago
It's just that some people don't realise it.
TheCollector
The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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TheCollector
French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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TheCollector
Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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a year ago
TheCollector
Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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TheCollector
The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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a year ago
African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
5 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
Trying to Understand...
No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
a year ago
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
TheCollector
FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
a month ago
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
TheCollector
7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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TheCollector
10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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TheCollector
Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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TheCollector
9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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TheCollector
How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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TheCollector
When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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TheCollector
5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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a year ago
TheCollector
Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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11 months ago
TheCollector
6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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a year ago
weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
Classical Wisdom
Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
9 months ago
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
Flashbak
Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
5 months ago
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
TheCollector
Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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TheCollector
Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Gnosticism?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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Flashbak
New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
12 months ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
TheCollector
How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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TheCollector
Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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a year ago
TheCollector
Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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a year ago
African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
a year ago
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
11 months ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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TheCollector
Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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a year ago
History Today Feed
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
7 months ago
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
weird medieval guys
The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
A history of the monastic high life
a year ago
A history of the monastic high life
Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
a week ago
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
4 months ago
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
TheCollector
The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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TheCollector
Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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TheCollector
Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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6 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
History Today Feed
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
8 months ago
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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a year ago
TheCollector
Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
TheCollector
Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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TheCollector
Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
5 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
TheCollector
Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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a year ago
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