TheCollector
A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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Dr Alun Withey
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As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
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As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
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It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
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So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
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a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
TheCollector
Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
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John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
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9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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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...
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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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Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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Classical Wisdom
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Belief in the Ancient World
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Belief in the Ancient World
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a year ago
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
TheCollector
How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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History Today Feed
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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History Today Feed
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
TheCollector
What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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TheCollector
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
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This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
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TheCollector
What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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TheCollector
Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
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There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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TheCollector
College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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African History...
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TheCollector
6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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A Collection of...
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This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
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A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
TheCollector
From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
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On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
TheCollector
Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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TheCollector
What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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Res Obscura
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Three years late, but historians are always late
TheCollector
Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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Flashbak
Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
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Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
Patterns in Humanity
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Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Canada?
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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What Government Governs Best?
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Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
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Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
TheCollector
Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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Trying to Understand...
Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
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Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
TheCollector
The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
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over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
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Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
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The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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Global Inequality...
To be young, perchance to dream
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African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
11 months ago
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
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Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
TheCollector
Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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History Today Feed
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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TheCollector
444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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TheCollector
Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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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...
History Today Feed
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
TheCollector
What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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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...
Dr Alun Withey
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Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
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Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
TheCollector
Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
A history of the monastic high life
a year ago
A history of the monastic high life
TheCollector
Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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Flashbak
12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
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In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
TheCollector
3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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Flashbak
‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
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Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
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Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
a year ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
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One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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History Today Feed
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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Classical Wisdom
Socrates' Wayward Student
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...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
TheCollector
The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
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Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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How the South Became Republican
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Why Should We Care About Children?
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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When Leonardo da Vinci was 42 years old, he hadn’t yet completed any major publicly viewable work. Not that he’d been idle: in that same era, while working for the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza, he “developed, organized, and directed productions for festival pageants, triumphal...
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Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
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This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
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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...
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A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
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The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
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Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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