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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
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Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
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Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
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A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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Will The West Eat Itself?
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Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
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a year ago
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
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Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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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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La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
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Another of my essays in French.
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
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China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
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6 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
TheCollector
10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
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What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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TheCollector
Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
Flashbak
Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
a year ago
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
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TheCollector
Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
a month ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
11 months ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
a month ago
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.
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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a year 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
What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
3 weeks ago
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
TheCollector
Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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a year ago
Flashbak
Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
8 months ago
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
TheCollector
How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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3 weeks ago
Trying to Understand...
They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
TheCollector
Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
a year ago
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
TheCollector
Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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a month ago
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...
a week ago
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...
TheCollector
Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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2 months ago
TheCollector
8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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a month ago
TheCollector
What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Populism?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 -...
a month ago
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 - 10:04
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...
Flashbak
Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
10 months ago
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
Flashbak
Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
7 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
TheCollector
England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
2 months ago
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
TheCollector
Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
2 months ago
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.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
Trying to Understand...
No More Heroes.
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
a month ago
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Best of the Best
a year ago
History Today Feed
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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a year ago
Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
a year ago
Some lessons from history and archaeology
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
TheCollector
Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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7 months ago
TheCollector
London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
TheCollector
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
And Most Mysterious...
2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
TheCollector
Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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5 months ago
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
TheCollector
The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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3 months ago
CrimethInc.
The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
2 weeks ago
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
TheCollector
What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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a year ago
TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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4 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
TheCollector
Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
6 months ago
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
a year ago
TheCollector
NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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a year ago
TheCollector
Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
5 days ago
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
TheCollector
Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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a month ago
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
11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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11 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...
TheCollector
The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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10 months ago
TheCollector
7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Life of Plato
8 months ago
TheCollector
8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Hades
The God of the Dead
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 - 15:56
TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
Classical Wisdom
The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
10 months ago
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
2 months ago
Plato on Political Polarization
TheCollector
Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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TheCollector
What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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8 months ago
TheCollector
World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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a month ago
History Today Feed
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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a month ago
TheCollector
Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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a month ago
TheCollector
The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
a year ago
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
TheCollector
What Was Négritude?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
6 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
TheCollector
How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the History of Gin?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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3 months ago
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