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Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
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The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
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Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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African History...
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
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William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
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Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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Patterns in Humanity
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The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
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Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
TheCollector
4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
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Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
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...
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Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
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The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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Summary of changes for July
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over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
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The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
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Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
Flashbak
This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
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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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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
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History Today Feed
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
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TheCollector
What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
TheCollector
Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
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Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
TheCollector
What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
a year ago
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
a year ago
Three years late, but historians are always late
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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Flashbak
Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
TheCollector
The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
8 months ago
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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...
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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...
Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
3 weeks ago
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
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j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
TheCollector
The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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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.
History Today Feed
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
TheCollector
5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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History Today Feed
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
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Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
TheCollector
Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
4 months ago
Workers and Peasants we are not.
Flashbak
42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
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TheCollector
Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
TheCollector
Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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Love and Death
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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Battle of the Historians
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TheCollector
What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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Wrong Side of...
Your favourite half-British president
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
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We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
TheCollector
5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
100r.co,...
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
a month ago
Europe turns away from America.
Flashbak
Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
2 months ago
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
TheCollector
Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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TheCollector
This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas
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Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
a year ago
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
TheCollector
What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
3 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
TheCollector
Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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History Today Feed
‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
7 months ago
‘D-Day Has Come’
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
Trying to Understand...
They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
And not just the fighting bit.
TheCollector
5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
10 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
TheCollector
7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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TheCollector
What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
TheCollector
Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
TheCollector
Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
TheCollector
Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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Trying to Understand...
No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
2 weeks ago
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
TheCollector
10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
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...
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Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
4 months ago
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
TheCollector
Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
2 weeks ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
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Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
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For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
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The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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The (history of) spice must flow
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Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
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The World's First Computer
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The Antikythera Mechanism
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
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In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
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Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
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“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
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Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
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This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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Summary of changes for June
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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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
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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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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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What's Left ... And What's Left?
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A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
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A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
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How French Was Medieval England?
How French Was Medieval England?
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Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
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How French Was Medieval England?
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
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Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
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4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
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Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
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The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
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Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
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At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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Keeping it in the Family
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
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A book review from the future.
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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6 Must-See English Castles
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When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
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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.
Classical Wisdom
Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
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What is needed to stop violent cycles?
Flashbak
Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
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The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
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How Can We Separate History from Myth?
And does it need to be true to be important?
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And does it need to be true to be important?
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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Their Enemies The Russians
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But what about the rest of us?
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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Who Was Averroes?
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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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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
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And the Palace where it was found...
Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
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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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that...
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“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
11 months ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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