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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
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Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
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the sucessor of Songhai
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The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
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How was it for the ancient ladies?
Flashbak
12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
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In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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History Today Feed
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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TheCollector
Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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TheCollector
5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
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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Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
TheCollector
What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
TheCollector
Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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TheCollector
Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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Classical Wisdom
Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
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Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
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The Original Femme Fatales?
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
a year ago
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
TheCollector
Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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TheCollector
The History of Appalachia & Its People
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 weeks ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle's Politics
3 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
TheCollector
What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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TheCollector
The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
TheCollector
Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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TheCollector
The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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TheCollector
Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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Flashbak
The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
6 months ago
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
TheCollector
Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
7 months ago
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
10 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
TheCollector
What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
a year ago
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Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
6 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
TheCollector
The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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TheCollector
8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
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The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
TheCollector
5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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TheCollector
Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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Trying to Understand...
The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
11 months ago
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
TheCollector
Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
TheCollector
What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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Flashbak
Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
8 months ago
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
TheCollector
How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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St. Nick and Saturnalia
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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Journal of African cities: chapter 14
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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TheCollector
How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
TheCollector
How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
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We are lost in a haunted wood.
Classical Wisdom
Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
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TheCollector
Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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Flashbak
Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
8 months ago
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
TheCollector
Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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Trying to Understand...
Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
TheCollector
Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
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“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
TheCollector
UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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Flashbak
William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
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African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
TheCollector
Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
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Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
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Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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Flashbak
Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French...
a month ago
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
5 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
12 months ago
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
TheCollector
Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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TheCollector
Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
2 weeks ago
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
TheCollector
Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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Flashbak
Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
11 months ago
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
6 months ago
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
4 months ago
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
Classical Wisdom
How to Give a Speech
Secrets from Cicero
4 months ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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a year ago
Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
Most of them are not from 2023
a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
TheCollector
Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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TheCollector
What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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Trying to Understand...
A Week Off And A New Language
See you again soon
a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the...
a year ago
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
TheCollector
Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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Flashbak
El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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Trying to Understand...
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But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
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The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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History Today Feed
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
TheCollector
What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
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Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
11 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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History Today Feed
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
10 months ago
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
African History...
A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
11 months ago
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
TheCollector
Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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What Is an Antipope?
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
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There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
TheCollector
The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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History Today Feed
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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History Today Feed
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
History Today Feed
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
TheCollector
Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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Global Inequality...
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
TheCollector
5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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TheCollector
Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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History Today Feed
King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
Classical Wisdom
Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
8 months ago
TheCollector
Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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History Today Feed
The Value of Wills to Historians
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
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The Value of Wills to Historians
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Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
7 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
TheCollector
What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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TheCollector
Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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TheCollector
A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
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TheCollector
8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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TheCollector
Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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Flashbak
Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
3 weeks ago
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
TheCollector
9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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Flashbak
Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’...
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“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’ received by George King from space, 1954 On May 8th 1954, London taxi driver George King was doing the household chores when he heard a voice. What came to be known as “The Command”...
History Today Feed
The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
TheCollector
Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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Flashbak
‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
a month ago
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many inner city areas being bulldozed and instant slums being created on its outskirts. It seemed to have learnt nothing from the mistakes I had fought against during the previous decade...
Flashbak
Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
7 months ago
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
TheCollector
Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
a year ago
Ancient Philosophy for Children
History Today Feed
The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
TheCollector
What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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TheCollector
Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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TheCollector
7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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TheCollector
Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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Flashbak
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
6 months ago
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
2 months ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
2 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
TheCollector
9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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TheCollector
Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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TheCollector
How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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Flashbak
Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
6 months ago
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
TheCollector
Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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TheCollector
The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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TheCollector
5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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TheCollector
Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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Classical Wisdom
What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
TheCollector
What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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TheCollector
How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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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)...
TheCollector
Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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TheCollector
10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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TheCollector
J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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