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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
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For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
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These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
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Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
11 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. ...
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What Does It Mean to Be a Critical Thinker?
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England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
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Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
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Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
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Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
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1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
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British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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The Angolan Civil War: 26 Years of Fighting
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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Patterns in Humanity
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I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
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I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
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Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
11 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
TheCollector
10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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CrimethInc.
2024: Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire : The Year in Review
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead....
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A year that began amid genocide in Palestine and war in Ukraine and Sudan is concluding...
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
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A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
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Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
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What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
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‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
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TheCollector
Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
a month ago
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The demonstrators are responding to the...
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.
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
6 months ago
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
TheCollector
Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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What Was the First Triumvirate?
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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Flashbak
Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime ...
10 months ago
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime Richard Klein, Professor of French at Cornell University and editor of Diacritics, quit smoking while writing Cigarettes Are Sublime and has been nicotine-free ever since. So do...
African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
11 months ago
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
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TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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The Art of the Interesting
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The Sense Of An Ending.
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
12 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
4 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
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Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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History Today Feed
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
2 months ago
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
a month ago
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TheCollector
5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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History Today Feed
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
TheCollector
What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
What's it going to be, then?
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TheCollector
A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
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TheCollector
How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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TheCollector
Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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TheCollector
The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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Flashbak
The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
6 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
History Today Feed
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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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...
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Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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History Today Feed
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
2 months ago
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
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Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
The Birth of Ovid
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Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
Flashbak
Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
a year ago
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
Classical Wisdom
Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
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What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
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Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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weird medieval guys
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Sexy? Scary? Both?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
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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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
Classical Wisdom
Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
a year ago
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
TheCollector
Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
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Workers and Peasants we are not.
Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
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Not your usual end-of-year review.
History Today Feed
How French Was Medieval England?
How French Was Medieval England?
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Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
11 months ago
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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What Was Jim Crow?
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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The Legacy of Emperor Pedro II: Brazil’s Golden Age
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 days ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated the documentation for our various projects.
Left, added support for unicode input(Mastodon).
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TheCollector
What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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TheCollector
Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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TheCollector
What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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History Today Feed
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
TheCollector
When Did the Korean War Start?
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
a year ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
History Today Feed
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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History Today Feed
Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
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Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
TheCollector
Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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TheCollector
Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
7 months ago
Global Inequality...
Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
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The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
TheCollector
The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
History Today Feed
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
TheCollector
6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
TheCollector
7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
TheCollector
‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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3 months ago
African History...
A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
Journal of African cities chapter 5
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Journal of African cities chapter 5
TheCollector
The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
Flashbak
Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
7 months ago
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
Flashbak
Emma Willard’s Time Maps
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that...
7 months ago
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
9 months ago
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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Open Culture
The Complete History of the Music Video: From the 1890s to Today
If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are...
3 days ago
If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are not obviously music videos. The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the first selection of MTV’s inaugural broadcast, must surely count as a music video — but then, it was...
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Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
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What if the Syrians can’t return home?
TheCollector
History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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TheCollector
Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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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...
8 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...
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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Who Was Vernon Lee?
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Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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