Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
a year ago
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
TheCollector
Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
a month ago
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
TheCollector
What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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Flashbak
Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
9 months ago
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
TheCollector
Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
4 months ago
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
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...
Classical Wisdom
Andromeda: The Beauty of the Mediterranean
Take a Santa Pause
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Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
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Count no man happy until the end is known
Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
11 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
8 months ago
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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Flashbak
The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
8 months ago
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
TheCollector
Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
3 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
TheCollector
Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
TheCollector
The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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Trying to Understand...
And Now for Something Completely Different.
Am I me? Are You you? ?
a year ago
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
10 months ago
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
4 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
TheCollector
The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
Who Is Pina Bausch?
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Flashbak
Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
7 months ago
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
TheCollector
What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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Flashbak
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
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
4 weeks ago
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
TheCollector
What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
4 months ago
TheCollector
6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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Flashbak
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...
TheCollector
6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
a year ago
TheCollector
Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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What Was the Religion of the Ancient Phoenicians and Carthaginians?
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Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
6 months ago
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
TheCollector
How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
a year ago
an African portrait of an African society
TheCollector
What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
5 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
TheCollector
How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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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.
TheCollector
What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Anxiety
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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Flashbak
The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
TheCollector
Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
TheCollector
Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
2 months ago
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
TheCollector
La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love, love, love
10 months ago
Flashbak
I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
a month ago
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
TheCollector
5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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The Yalta Conference: Moving Forward From WWII
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The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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Flashbak
The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
a month ago
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
TheCollector
Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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Flashbak
Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
3 months ago
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
TheCollector
Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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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
Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
The decline and fall of the print media.
11 months ago
The decline and fall of the print media.
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
5 months ago
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
Trying to Understand...
Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
a year ago
Winning the day and losing the war.
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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TheCollector
The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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The History of Appalachia & Its People
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
TheCollector
Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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Flashbak
Lightning Strikes: William Jennings’ Early Photographs of Elusive Electricity
Anglo-American photographer William Jennings (1860–1946) is best known for his aerial pictures of...
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Anglo-American photographer William Jennings (1860–1946) is best known for his aerial pictures of his adopted city of Philadelphia and the aeronautical industry, and photographs of lightning. Setting out to prove “lightning bolts were not of the zig-zag form pictured by artists”,...
TheCollector
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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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)...
9 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
Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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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...
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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
Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
TheCollector
The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
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Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
TheCollector
Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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Classical Wisdom
Can Any Good Come From War?
The Tragedy of the Trenches
7 months ago
The Tragedy of the Trenches
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
10 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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History Today Feed
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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TheCollector
What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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History Today Review of the Year
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
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History Today Review of the Year
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Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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What Are the Romance Languages?
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
TheCollector
How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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Classical Wisdom
Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
9 months ago
Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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Trying to Understand...
No End Of A Lesson.
If we can only learn it.
3 months ago
TheCollector
Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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TheCollector
Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
3 weeks ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
TheCollector
Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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Flashbak
New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
5 months ago
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
11 months ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
a month ago
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
3 weeks ago
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
3 months ago
Flashbak
Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
5 months ago
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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Flashbak
Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
7 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
History Today Feed
The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
10 months ago
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
TheCollector
Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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History Today Feed
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
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
History Today Feed
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
8 months ago
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
Flashbak
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...
12 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 Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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TheCollector
The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
TheCollector
7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
Wrong Side of...
Truth in the old myths
On Troy, King Arthur and the Flood of Noah
5 hours ago
On Troy, King Arthur and the Flood of Noah
TheCollector
Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
10 months ago
The Antikythera Mechanism
Flashbak
Leeds Kids the 1970s
Self-styled ‘Luddite photographer” Eric Milese (“relatively recently gone digital – 2011”) named the...
6 days ago
Self-styled ‘Luddite photographer” Eric Milese (“relatively recently gone digital – 2011”) named the picture below of kids ‘tobogganing’ down a dry, rocky slope in the northern English city of Leeds in the 1970s “The Cresta Run”. It is not the original Cresta Run, which is a...
TheCollector
Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
2 months ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
TheCollector
Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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History Today Feed
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
4 months ago
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
TheCollector
What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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History Today Feed
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
a year ago
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
***Now Enrolling: Starting January 15th, 2025
a week ago
***Now Enrolling: Starting January 15th, 2025
Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
TheCollector
What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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TheCollector
Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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History Today Feed
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
6 months ago
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
TheCollector
Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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TheCollector
Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
a year ago
TheCollector
6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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TheCollector
Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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TheCollector
Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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TheCollector
What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
History Today Feed
The Lost Years of Jesus
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
a year ago
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
8 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
TheCollector
When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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a month ago
History Today Feed
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
TheCollector
11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
a year ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
TheCollector
Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
9 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
TheCollector
Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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TheCollector
New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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TheCollector
Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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TheCollector
5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is First Corinthians About?
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Is Voguing?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
5 months ago
TheCollector
11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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5 months ago
TheCollector
13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
TheCollector
History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Zangbeto: Get to Know Voodoo’s Whirling Spirit Dance
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a week ago
Flashbak
William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
10 months ago
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place” – William S. Burroughs It wasn’t all writing, drug taking, walks among the mysteries, cut ups, fomenting revolution, guns and launching assaults on Soho coffee bars in a typical...
TheCollector
How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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TheCollector
How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
2 months ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
History Today Feed
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
11 months ago
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
6 months ago
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
TheCollector
How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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a year ago
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
Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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TheCollector
What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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10 months ago
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