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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
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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...
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
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To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
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Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
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A History of the US House of Representatives
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
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Dream About Gagarin (1961)
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To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
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Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
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http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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TheCollector
The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
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The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
a year ago
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
TheCollector
A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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a year ago
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
What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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Flashbak
Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
yesterday
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
TheCollector
What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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TheCollector
Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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TheCollector
England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
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In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
TheCollector
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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TheCollector
The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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Classical Wisdom
Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
TheCollector
How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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a year ago
TheCollector
Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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TheCollector
The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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TheCollector
What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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TheCollector
How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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TheCollector
What Is Anti-Natalism?
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History Today Feed
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
TheCollector
How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
6 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
TheCollector
10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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TheCollector
Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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TheCollector
How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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TheCollector
The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Separate History from Myth?
And does it need to be true to be important?
a year ago
And does it need to be true to be important?
TheCollector
6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
8 months ago
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
Flashbak
Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
4 months ago
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
History Today Feed
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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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...
a month ago
“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...
TheCollector
Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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TheCollector
Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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TheCollector
How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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TheCollector
Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
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What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
TheCollector
The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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TheCollector
Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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TheCollector
Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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6 months ago
Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
a year ago
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
TheCollector
What Is Theodicy?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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Flashbak
Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
3 months ago
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
TheCollector
Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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TheCollector
Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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TheCollector
Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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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”
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A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
TheCollector
How Are Art and Science Related?
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TheCollector
Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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TheCollector
Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
a year ago
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
TheCollector
7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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TheCollector
What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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TheCollector
Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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TheCollector
Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
a month ago
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
TheCollector
What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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9 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
7 months ago
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
TheCollector
What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
4 months ago
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
2 months ago
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
TheCollector
What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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TheCollector
4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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TheCollector
Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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a year ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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.
TheCollector
Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Landsknechts?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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a year ago
TheCollector
When Did World War II Start and End?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
a year ago
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
Classical Wisdom
Early Bird is Ending
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
11 months ago
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
TheCollector
Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories)
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
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Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
Wrong Side of...
Inside the Catholic State
The world that created Caravaggio
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The world that created Caravaggio
TheCollector
Why Are There Two Virginias?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
11 months ago
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
TheCollector
Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
TheCollector
What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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TheCollector
Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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TheCollector
A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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TheCollector
Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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TheCollector
Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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a year ago
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