TheCollector
Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
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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...
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
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journal of African cities chapter 9
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NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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Flashbak
Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
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“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
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19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
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The Origins of Oppenheimer?
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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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History Today Feed
How Iran Won the West
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How Iran Won the West
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State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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What Is Populism?
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In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
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George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
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What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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TheCollector
6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
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Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look...
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This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
TheCollector
5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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Classical Wisdom
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With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
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This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
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Does Donald J.
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War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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5 Women in Philosophy of Mind You Should Know
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
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In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
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
Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
weird medieval guys
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A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
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A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
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Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
TheCollector
Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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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...
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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What Is Thatcherism?
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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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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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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Open Culture
The Longest Construction Projects in History: Why Sagrada Família, the Milan Duomo, Greek Temples &...
Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less...
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Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less because they’re motivated by the belief in any particular deity than by how much time and money they now require to complete. Take New York’s Second Avenue subway, whose less than...
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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Rare Ancient Coin Collection Found in Jordan Valley
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American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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TheCollector
Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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CrimethInc.
History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of...
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Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
We...
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
8 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
Classical Wisdom
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*Time Correction for Wednesday
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*Time Correction for Wednesday
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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History Today Feed
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
TheCollector
What Is Appropriation in Art?
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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No Cheers for Authoritarianism
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Remind me what it was, exactly ....
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
7 months ago
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
Flashbak
British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
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British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
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Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
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From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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Tolkien and Plato
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
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Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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Who Was Vortigern?
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History Today Feed
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
TheCollector
What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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Flashbak
Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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Flashbak
British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
2 months ago
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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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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TheCollector
Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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Flashbak
Views of Polar Regions: Watercolours By Queen Victoria’s Spy
Illustrator Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (26 December 1776 – 21 September 1859) was an...
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Illustrator Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (26 December 1776 – 21 September 1859) was an English artist, naturalist, antiquary, illustrator, natural historian, soldier, explorer, writer and spy. That’s quite the package for a man who produced these drawings and...
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
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Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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Empress Theodora
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
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Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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The Death of Clive of India
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Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
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During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
TheCollector
Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
TheCollector
American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
TheCollector
What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
a year ago
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
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Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
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“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
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When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
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Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
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Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
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And fiddling won't fix it.
Classical Wisdom
Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
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Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
TheCollector
Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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Open Culture
Laurie Anderson’s Mind-Blowing Performance of C. P. Cavafy’s Poems “Waiting for the Barbarians” &...
In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as...
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In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as being “set in ancient Rome.” That’s a reasonable interpretation, given that it contains an emperor, senators, and orators, though Cavafy himself said that none of them are...
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
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‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
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The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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History Today Feed
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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Flashbak
Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
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On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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Who Was Eusebius?
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
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Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
TheCollector
What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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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.
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Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
Classical Wisdom
Three New Year’s Resolutions from Epicurus
An Epic Start to the New Year
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An Epic Start to the New Year
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
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In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
Global Inequality...
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An indispensable organization
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Italian Artist Unveils Contemporary Version of Stolen Caravaggio
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
TheCollector
How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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Open Culture
The New York Times Presents the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, Selected by 503 Novelists, Poets...
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For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s just-published list of the 100 best books of the twenty-first century will summon dim memories of many a once-unignorable critical fuss. At one time or another over the past 25...
History Today Feed
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
9 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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Classical Wisdom
The Two Trojan Wars
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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History Today Feed
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
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Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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Classical Wisdom
Important Notification
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New Cabins *NOW* Available
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
TheCollector
Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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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...
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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
Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Art of the Interesting
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The Art of the Interesting
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
4 weeks ago
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
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...
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What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
a year ago
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
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What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
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Why the liberal project will fail
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How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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African History...
A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
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demystifying an ancient African society
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The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
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In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
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The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
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Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
History Today Feed
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
5 months ago
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
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And if not, what are the consequences?
TheCollector
Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
12 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
TheCollector
10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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