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5 Women in Philosophy of Mind You Should Know
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
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Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
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“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
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It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
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Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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The Scene That Reveals the Beauty of Classic Hollywood Cinema
1939 is widely considered the greatest year in Hollywood history. Back then, writes 1939: The Year...
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
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We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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Archaeologists Find Colorful Still Life Frescoes at Pompeii
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This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
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When Was the First Crusade?
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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Gap Week: December 27, 2024 (Year in Review)
Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year...
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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Summary of changes for October
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over a year ago
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TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
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Ancient Podcasts
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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But why aren't people in other countries listening?
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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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 Did the Beat Generation Want?
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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What Was Dante’s Political Philosophy?
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The Metamorphoses du Jour by JJ Grandville – 1829
Told in 73 coloured lithographs, Les Metamorphoses du Jour (1829) by French artist J.J. Gandville...
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
2 months ago
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
5 months ago
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
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The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
8 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime ...
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Event: THIS Saturday
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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Trying to Understand...
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Some of the world's problems have no solution.
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
2 months ago
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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The Mother of Rome
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
11 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
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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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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
TheCollector
William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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History Today Feed
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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What Is Nestorianism?
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Hunter S. Thompson Remembers Jimmy Carter’s Captivating Bob Dylan Speech (1974)
51 years ago, Hunter S. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, which “is still...
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Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
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Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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Why Socrates Matters
New Event: November 22
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the...
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This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the Hellenistic army and its Macedonian phalanx and the Romans with their legions. Last week, we looked at the weapons, organization and fighting style of the Macedonian phalanx, the infantry...
Flashbak
Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
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In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
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The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
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...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
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On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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Overcoming Bias
What Culture Can You Trust?
Star Wars came out when I was 17, and made a big impression on me; I loved it.
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Star Wars came out when I was 17, and made a big impression on me; I loved it.
African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
TheCollector
5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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History Today Feed
In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
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In Defence of Boring Books
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Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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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...
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
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On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
TheCollector
Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
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Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
TheCollector
Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
2 weeks ago
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
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Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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Flashbak
Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
5 months ago
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
TheCollector
Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
TheCollector
Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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History Today Feed
Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
6 months ago
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
TheCollector
What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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Open Culture
The New York Times Presents the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, Selected by 503 Novelists, Poets...
For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s...
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For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s just-published list of the 100 best books of the twenty-first century will summon dim memories of many a once-unignorable critical fuss. At one time or another over the past 25...
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Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
TheCollector
Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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Who Was Eusebius?
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7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
a year ago
Laconic wit through the centuries
History Today Feed
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
6 months ago
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
Classical Wisdom
Three New Year’s Resolutions from Epicurus
An Epic Start to the New Year
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An Epic Start to the New Year
Global Inequality...
The third framing
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
TheCollector
The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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Who Was Averroes?
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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History Today Feed
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
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‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
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Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
over a year ago
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
2 months ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
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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...
8 months ago
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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History Today Feed
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
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In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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Classical Wisdom
How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
TheCollector
Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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Classical Wisdom
Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
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Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
TheCollector
Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
6 months ago
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
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10 South American Artists You Should Know
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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11 months ago
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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A History of the United States Senate
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