Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
a year ago
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
a week ago
But is there anything there?
Flashbak
Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
a year ago
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
TheCollector
Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Caspar Hauser
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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a year ago
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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10 months ago
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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4 months ago
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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10 months ago
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10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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a year ago
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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a month ago
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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5 months ago
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What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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a year ago
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11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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Flashbak
At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
6 months ago
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
10 months ago
TheCollector
Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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a month ago
Flashbak
Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
7 months ago
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
TheCollector
What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
7 months ago
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
TheCollector
Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle on Friendship
a year ago
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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a year ago
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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5 months ago
Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
a week ago
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
10 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
Flashbak
Highlights of Colour Theory: Illustrating The Mysteries of Light In Colour Whels, Tables, Charts And...
Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known...
6 months ago
Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known as visible light, or light that can be processed and seen by the human eye. It’s a little fraction of all the EM radiation around us. There are many other parts of the EM spectrum...
Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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a year ago
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
a year ago
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
TheCollector
5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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4 months ago
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
3 weeks ago
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
TheCollector
What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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4 months ago
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Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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5 months ago
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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a year ago
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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8 months ago
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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a week ago
History Today Feed
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
10 months ago
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
a year ago
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
History Today Feed
The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
11 months ago
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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What Are the Five French Republics?
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a year ago
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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weird medieval guys
Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
a year ago
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
Classical Wisdom
Women of Ancient Rome
The First Roman Empress and More...
9 months ago
The First Roman Empress and More...
TheCollector
Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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a year ago
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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4 months ago
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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3 months ago
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7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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9 months ago
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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7 months ago
African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
12 months ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
TheCollector
10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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8 months ago
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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a year ago
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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9 months ago
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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a month ago
Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
6 months ago
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
a month ago
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
TheCollector
Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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3 weeks ago
Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
a month ago
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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11 months ago
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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6 months ago
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The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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11 months ago
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
3 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
Flashbak
Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
a year ago
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
TheCollector
British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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6 months ago
Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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8 months ago
weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
a year ago
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
TheCollector
6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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Trying to Understand...
A Week Off And A New Language
See you again soon
a year ago
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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a year ago
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When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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5 months ago
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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3 weeks ago
Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
TheCollector
Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Fate and Free Will
8 months ago
TheCollector
The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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a month ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
TheCollector
6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Blindspots and Biographies
a year ago
Blindspots and Biographies
TheCollector
Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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8 months ago
Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
4 days ago
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
TheCollector
Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
TheCollector
How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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a year ago
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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8 months ago
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
2 months ago
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
TheCollector
Who Was Julius Caesar?
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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TheCollector
History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’...
3 months ago
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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5 months ago
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
TheCollector
What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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4 months ago
Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
7 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
History Today Feed
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
a year ago
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
TheCollector
5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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7 months ago
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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5 months ago
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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...
Classical Wisdom
What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
a month ago
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
TheCollector
A Brief History of Collecting Art
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6 months ago
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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7 months ago
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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a month ago
History Today Feed
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
7 months ago
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
a year ago
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
TheCollector
Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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TheCollector
Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
a year ago
TheCollector
The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
TheCollector
Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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Trying to Understand...
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
British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
TheCollector
William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
TheCollector
Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
a year ago
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
Classical Wisdom
What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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TheCollector
What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
6 months ago
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
3 weeks ago
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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5 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
2 days ago
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
TheCollector
What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
TheCollector
Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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a year ago
TheCollector
Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
6 months ago
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
Classical Wisdom
History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
5 months ago
A Different View of Thucydides
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...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
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Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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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...
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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...
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George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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The Value of Wills to Historians
The Value of Wills to Historians
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The Value of Wills to Historians
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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Summary of changes for December
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
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In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
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What is needed to stop violent cycles?
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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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...
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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...
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NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
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And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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Secrets of the Sirens
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The Original Femme Fatales?
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Greece's Forgotten Legacy
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
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What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
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Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
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Things Are Falling Apart ...
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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Global Inequality...
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a home for pino
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We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
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Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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Can Any Good Come From War?
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What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
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It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
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In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
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“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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The Lost Years of Jesus
The Lost Years of Jesus
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Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
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The Lost Years of Jesus
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
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A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at...
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This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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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...
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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...
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Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
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This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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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.
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finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
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How can we train Resilience?
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Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
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A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
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Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
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Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
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Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
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Why Do Religions Decline?
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
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Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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