African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
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The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
TheCollector
11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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History Today Feed
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
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The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
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Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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History Today Feed
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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Flashbak
Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
11 months ago
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
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How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
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Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
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Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
TheCollector
“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
a year ago
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
TheCollector
The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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TheCollector
What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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TheCollector
The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
TheCollector
Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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TheCollector
Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
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Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
TheCollector
The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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TheCollector
3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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TheCollector
4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
6 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
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8 months ago
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Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
10 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
TheCollector
Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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TheCollector
How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
4 months ago
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
TheCollector
10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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TheCollector
Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
3 weeks ago
Please help us not to understand.
TheCollector
The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
African History...
A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
Journal of African cities chapter 5
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 5
African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
TheCollector
8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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TheCollector
Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
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A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
TheCollector
How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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TheCollector
Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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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...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
TheCollector
What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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TheCollector
HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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TheCollector
Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
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...
TheCollector
The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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History Today Feed
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
TheCollector
Who Was Vernon Lee?
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TheCollector
The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
History Today Feed
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
a year ago
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
TheCollector
Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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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...
Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
TheCollector
Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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TheCollector
What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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History Today Feed
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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TheCollector
Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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TheCollector
What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
TheCollector
Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
6 days ago
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
TheCollector
Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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TheCollector
Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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TheCollector
Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
TheCollector
How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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TheCollector
Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
4 days ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
History Today Feed
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
a month ago
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
TheCollector
Who Is Kiki Smith?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
a week ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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TheCollector
Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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TheCollector
What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Allied Powers?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
6 months ago
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
TheCollector
Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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TheCollector
Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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TheCollector
Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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TheCollector
Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
a week ago
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
TheCollector
Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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TheCollector
What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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Flashbak
Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
3 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
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...
9 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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Flashbak
Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
a year ago
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
TheCollector
What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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TheCollector
Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
a month ago
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
4 months ago
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
History Today Feed
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
9 months ago
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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TheCollector
Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
a month ago
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.
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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TheCollector
What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
a year ago
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
History Today Feed
The Death of Caspar Hauser
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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9 months ago
African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
a year ago
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
5 months ago
A book review from the future.
African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 7
TheCollector
5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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TheCollector
The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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TheCollector
5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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TheCollector
Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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TheCollector
7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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TheCollector
Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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Flashbak
Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
TheCollector
Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
TheCollector
Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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TheCollector
The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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TheCollector
8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
TheCollector
10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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TheCollector
5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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TheCollector
Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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TheCollector
Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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a year ago
TheCollector
Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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TheCollector
Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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a year ago
Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
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Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
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Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
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Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
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“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
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The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
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a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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The Tudor War on Libel
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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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Beware Policy Abstraction
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The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
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Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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And how does it reflect on us?
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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Aristotle on Luck
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7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
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A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
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state and society in south-central Africa
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
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A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
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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.
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
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What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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Summary of changes for November
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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Global Inequality...
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Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
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The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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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...
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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.
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
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Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
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....
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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.
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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What Was Négritude?
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
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Three years late, but historians are always late
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Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
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Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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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...
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Summary of changes for April 2023
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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.
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100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
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Love And War And Status
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Summary of changes for April 2024
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
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With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
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"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
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King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
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The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s...
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“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
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