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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
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A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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Hundred Rabbits
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Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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A Collection of...
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
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Why Do Religions Decline?
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6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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The World's First Computer
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
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9 months ago
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844. “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
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History Today Feed
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
Flashbak
Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
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Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
TheCollector
6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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History Today Feed
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
History Today Feed
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
History Today Feed
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
2 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
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Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
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TheCollector
Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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TheCollector
What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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Flashbak
Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
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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...
African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
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In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
TheCollector
What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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TheCollector
What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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African History...
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In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
TheCollector
Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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The Essential Greeks
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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TheCollector
5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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TheCollector
Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
TheCollector
7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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The third framing
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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Greece's Forgotten Legacy
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Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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Dream About Gagarin (1961)
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Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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TheCollector
What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
TheCollector
6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
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Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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7 months ago
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L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
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Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
TheCollector
What Is the Didache?
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ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
5 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
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Who Were the Allied Powers?
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TheCollector
8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
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What should we do with Seneca?
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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Tjaart’s Substack
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
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“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
a year ago
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
TheCollector
Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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History Today Feed
Why the Organ Split the Church
Why the Organ Split the Church
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
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Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
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Journal of African cities chapter 6
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The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look...
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This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
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U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
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‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
11 months ago
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
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Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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Classical Wisdom
The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
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And the Boundless Universe
African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
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plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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The Past Is Another Country.
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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Does FIRST Matter Most?
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
11 months ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
TheCollector
Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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a week ago
Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
TheCollector
“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
History Today Feed
‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
7 months ago
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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2 weeks ago
Flashbak
Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
2 weeks ago
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
TheCollector
7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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a year ago
TheCollector
When Was D-Day?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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3 weeks ago
Flashbak
Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
3 months ago
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
TheCollector
What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Theodicy?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
7 months ago
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
TheCollector
Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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9 months ago
Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
The decline and fall of the print media.
10 months ago
The decline and fall of the print media.
TheCollector
The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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8 months ago
Flashbak
The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
6 months ago
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
TheCollector
What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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5 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
11 months ago
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
2 weeks ago
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
TheCollector
Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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5 months ago
TheCollector
America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
TheCollector
Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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6 months ago
African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
6 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
TheCollector
10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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a week ago
TheCollector
10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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2 days ago
Classical Wisdom
History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
5 months ago
A Different View of Thucydides
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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a year ago
TheCollector
Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
TheCollector
Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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6 months ago
Flashbak
At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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TheCollector
5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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a year ago
TheCollector
Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
7 months ago
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
TheCollector
What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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a year ago
TheCollector
Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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a year ago
TheCollector
17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Averroes?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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a month ago
Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
TheCollector
Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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11 months ago
TheCollector
8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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a month ago
Flashbak
Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
5 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
a year ago
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
TheCollector
What Are the Romance Languages?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
3 months ago
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
Flashbak
Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
4 months ago
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
a year ago
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
a month ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
TheCollector
Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
3 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
4 months ago
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Secrets of Crete
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
a year ago
We can't get there from here, anymore.
Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
a week ago
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
TheCollector
6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
5 months ago
Without living forever in fear and worry?
TheCollector
10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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5 months ago
TheCollector
5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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a week ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
a year ago
The Life and Work of Pheidias
TheCollector
Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
10 months ago
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
TheCollector
7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
a month ago
History Today Feed
The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
a month ago
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
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...
TheCollector
Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Sufism in South and South East Asia
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7 months ago
TheCollector
King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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a month ago
History Today Feed
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
10 months ago
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
TheCollector
Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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a year ago
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