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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
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JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
3 months ago
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
TheCollector
Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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Flashbak
Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the...
a month ago
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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TheCollector
What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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TheCollector
8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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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
Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
7 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
TheCollector
6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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TheCollector
Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
TheCollector
How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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TheCollector
5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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TheCollector
Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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TheCollector
The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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TheCollector
What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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TheCollector
Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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TheCollector
Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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TheCollector
7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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6 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The War on the Countryside
The Shire must be brought to heel
a month ago
The Shire must be brought to heel
TheCollector
What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
8 months ago
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
9 months ago
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
Trying to Understand...
A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
TheCollector
New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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TheCollector
Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
8 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
African History...
The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 8
TheCollector
Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
TheCollector
What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
11 months ago
TheCollector
Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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TheCollector
What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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Flashbak
Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
6 months ago
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
TheCollector
What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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TheCollector
7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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Flashbak
Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
9 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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TheCollector
Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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TheCollector
Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
TheCollector
Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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TheCollector
Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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Classical Wisdom
Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
a year ago
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
TheCollector
Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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TheCollector
Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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TheCollector
4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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TheCollector
Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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TheCollector
Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
2 weeks ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
Classical Wisdom
ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
History Today Feed
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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Flashbak
The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
4 months ago
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
TheCollector
What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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TheCollector
Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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TheCollector
5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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TheCollector
Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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TheCollector
The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
TheCollector
4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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TheCollector
A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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TheCollector
French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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TheCollector
Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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TheCollector
Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
2 months ago
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
But right back where we started from.
TheCollector
The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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TheCollector
What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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TheCollector
Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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TheCollector
What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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TheCollector
How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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TheCollector
How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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TheCollector
4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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TheCollector
British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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TheCollector
What Was Jim Crow?
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History Today Feed
The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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Trying to Understand...
War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
And not just the fighting bit.
TheCollector
Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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TheCollector
What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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TheCollector
Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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Flashbak
Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
TheCollector
Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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TheCollector
Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
8 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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TheCollector
5 Famous Black Mexicans
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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TheCollector
What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
4 months ago
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
Trying to Understand...
No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
a year ago
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
TheCollector
How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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TheCollector
5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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weird medieval guys
The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
A history of the monastic high life
a year ago
A history of the monastic high life
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