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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
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László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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Classical Wisdom
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A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
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The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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the promise of pancakes
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Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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8 months ago
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
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Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
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The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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A Collection of...
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
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Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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The Ancient Novel
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
11 months ago
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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History Today Feed
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
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Flashbak
El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
TheCollector
The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
a year ago
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
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The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
2 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
11 months ago
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
TheCollector
Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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a year ago
Flashbak
Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
7 months ago
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
TheCollector
Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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TheCollector
The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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Flashbak
East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
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TheCollector
The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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TheCollector
Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
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The Life and Work of Pheidias
TheCollector
Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
TheCollector
Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
5 months ago
A book review from the future.
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
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7 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
TheCollector
Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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Flashbak
Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
3 months ago
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
TheCollector
The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
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...
African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
TheCollector
The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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Flashbak
High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
4 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
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10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
TheCollector
Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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Flashbak
A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
2 months ago
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The order of inequality
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Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
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St. Nick and Saturnalia
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Art of the Etruscans
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Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
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The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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The Ancient World’s Greatest War
History Today Feed
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
TheCollector
The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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Confessions from a Classics Lover
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How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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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.
African History...
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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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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What Was the First Triumvirate?
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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a year ago
TheCollector
Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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11 months ago
African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
a year ago
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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2 weeks ago
Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
11 months ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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TheCollector
10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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TheCollector
How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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TheCollector
Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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11 months ago
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...
History Today Feed
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
2 months ago
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
TheCollector
Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
Flashbak
Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
3 months ago
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
4 months ago
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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2 months 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
8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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a year ago
TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
TheCollector
What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
Flashbak
Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
5 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
TheCollector
Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
10 months ago
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
TheCollector
Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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7 months ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
2 months ago
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
TheCollector
Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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5 months ago
TheCollector
A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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4 months ago
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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a year ago
TheCollector
444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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a month ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
2 days ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
TheCollector
Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
3 days ago
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
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...
TheCollector
What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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a month ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
a month ago
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
TheCollector
3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
TheCollector
5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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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
TheCollector
7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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2 days ago
TheCollector
The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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a year ago
TheCollector
Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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a month ago
Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
a month ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
TheCollector
What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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7 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
The Great Migration to Bluesky
4 weeks ago
The Great Migration to Bluesky
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
KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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5 months ago
Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
7 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
TheCollector
What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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a year ago
TheCollector
Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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2 months ago
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