Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
TheCollector
The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
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Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
TheCollector
6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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TheCollector
Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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History Today Feed
The Value of Wills to Historians
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JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
8 months ago
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
TheCollector
10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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TheCollector
Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
TheCollector
The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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TheCollector
Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
7 months ago
Should you meet your heroes?
TheCollector
10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
What Is the Didache?
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TheCollector
Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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History Today Feed
The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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TheCollector
Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
Flashbak
Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
a month ago
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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TheCollector
5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
7 months ago
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
TheCollector
Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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Classical Wisdom
Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
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The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
TheCollector
How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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TheCollector
Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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TheCollector
Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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TheCollector
What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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TheCollector
Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
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The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
History Today Feed
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
History Today Feed
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
7 months ago
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
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.
Flashbak
Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
8 months ago
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
TheCollector
Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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TheCollector
Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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TheCollector
What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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TheCollector
Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
over a year ago
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
TheCollector
Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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TheCollector
How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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Flashbak
British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
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Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
TheCollector
What Is a Film Auteur?
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TheCollector
Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
TheCollector
HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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TheCollector
The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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Flashbak
Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
9 months ago
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
5 months ago
Count no man happy until the end is known
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...
TheCollector
Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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TheCollector
What Makes the City of London Unique?
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
a year ago
History Today Feed
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
TheCollector
Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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TheCollector
Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
a year ago
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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TheCollector
What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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TheCollector
The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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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
The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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TheCollector
Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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Trying to Understand...
The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
2 months ago
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What Is Nestorianism?
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Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
6 days ago
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
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TheCollector
Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
5 months ago
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
TheCollector
Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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TheCollector
7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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TheCollector
Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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Flashbak
Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
a year ago
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
Global Inequality...
Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
2 months ago
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TheCollector
A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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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
TheCollector
The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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TheCollector
What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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TheCollector
The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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History Today Feed
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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TheCollector
Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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History Today Feed
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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TheCollector
The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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TheCollector
Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the...
a year ago
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
TheCollector
Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
9 months ago
Corruption in the Ancient World
TheCollector
The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
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What Was the First Written Language?
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
TheCollector
Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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6 Micronations You Should Know
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
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Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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TheCollector
Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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The Essential Greeks Returns!
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What Is Solipsism?
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
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Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
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Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
7 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
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Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
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5 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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Eternal Glory
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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Who cares about Homer, anyway?
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
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British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
7 months ago
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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Patterns in Humanity
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Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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Why I love etymologies
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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The Mother of Rome
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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Summary of changes for August
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over a year ago
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Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
10 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
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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...
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
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Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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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.
Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
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Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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A History of the US House of Representatives
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
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Korea’s War of Prisoners
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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Global Inequality...
Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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