TheCollector
1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
TheCollector
9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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2 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
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...
TheCollector
5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
3 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
TheCollector
The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
7 months ago
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
TheCollector
10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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a week ago
TheCollector
The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
6 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
TheCollector
Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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a month ago
TheCollector
New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
6 months ago
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
8 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
TheCollector
How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
a year ago
TheCollector
What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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9 months ago
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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11 months 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
Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Empress Theodora
Saint or Sinner?
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
9 months ago
History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
3 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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4 months ago
African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
a year ago
journal of African cities chapter 9
TheCollector
The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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6 months ago
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...
5 days ago
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...
Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
TheCollector
How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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10 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
8 months ago
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
TheCollector
Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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a year ago
Flashbak
On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
9 months ago
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
TheCollector
Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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a week ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
History Today Feed
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
11 months ago
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
2 months ago
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
TheCollector
6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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7 months ago
Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
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
What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
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...
TheCollector
10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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a month ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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2 months ago
TheCollector
College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
7 months ago
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
a week ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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2 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Blindspots and Biographies
a year ago
Blindspots and Biographies
TheCollector
Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
7 months ago
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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5 days ago
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...
TheCollector
Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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a week ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
2 months ago
The Silence of the Elephants
Flashbak
Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
a month ago
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
History Today Feed
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
4 days ago
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
TheCollector
The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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a year ago
TheCollector
Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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a month ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
a month ago
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
TheCollector
Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
3 weeks ago
Please help us not to understand.
TheCollector
Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
TheCollector
Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
TheCollector
A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
6 months ago
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
TheCollector
Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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a year ago
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....
11 months ago
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...
Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
a year ago
...and the feared Persian Army
TheCollector
Cotton & How It Changed the World
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
a year ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
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
What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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a year ago
TheCollector
Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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a year ago
TheCollector
18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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7 months ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
TheCollector
Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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4 months ago
TheCollector
‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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6 months ago
TheCollector
These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
11 months ago
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
TheCollector
What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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a year ago
Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
7 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
TheCollector
What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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a year ago
TheCollector
American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
TheCollector
Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
a year ago
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
TheCollector
The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Nestorianism?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
TheCollector
Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
7 months ago
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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10 months ago
TheCollector
8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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a week ago
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
2 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
a year ago
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
TheCollector
Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
a year ago
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
TheCollector
5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
8 months ago
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
TheCollector
Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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a month ago
Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
TheCollector
Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
TheCollector
Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Putting Mothers on Death Row
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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8 months ago
Flashbak
The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
4 months ago
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
Classical Wisdom
Quick Notification
In Search of Homer
2 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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7 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
10 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
TheCollector
What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
TheCollector
Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
6 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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a week ago
Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
a week ago
But is there anything there?
TheCollector
Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
TheCollector
6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
9 months ago
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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Trying to Understand...
The Diversity Paradox.
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
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It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
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1980s NYC and the 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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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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TheCollector
Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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Summary of changes for November
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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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
2 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
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A Brief History of Chile
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
6 months ago
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
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TheCollector
Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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10 South American Artists You Should Know
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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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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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
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a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
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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...
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
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a month ago
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What Is Capoeira?
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
6 months ago
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
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Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
6 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5...
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“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5 September 1946 in Vsetín) is a Czech photographer best known for his documentary photography. He concentrates on documenting the rural life and people of Czech villages. His...
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
7 months ago
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Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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the sucessor of Songhai
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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a year ago
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Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
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plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
11 months ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
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Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
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a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
7 months ago
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
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Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
11 months ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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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
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.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
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Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
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Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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The Essential Greeks Returns!
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The Essential Greeks Returns!
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