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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 the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
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Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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Brushing for Britain
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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Journal of African cities: chapter 14
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
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This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
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Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
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The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
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“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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Open Culture
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
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Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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The Ancient World’s Greatest War
TheCollector
8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
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Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
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A re-run from a few years ago....
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A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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What Was the First Written Language?
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
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There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
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Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
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Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
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How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
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For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Flashbak
The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
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TheCollector
The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
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Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
TheCollector
How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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TheCollector
Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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TheCollector
Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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TheCollector
Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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Corruption in the Ancient World
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TheCollector
Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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TheCollector
The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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History Today Feed
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
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Flashbak
The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
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The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
a year ago
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
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Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
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An experiment with historical simulation
TheCollector
The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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How to use generative AI for historical research
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Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
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Will The West Eat Itself?
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Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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On the Obscenity of Ovid
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TheCollector
The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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History Today Feed
Death of a Samurai Legend
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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Flashbak
Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
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Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
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In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
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A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
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Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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The Tragedy of Ajax
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Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
TheCollector
What Is Populism?
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This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months 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, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
Classical Wisdom
Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
TheCollector
7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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Why Do Religions Decline?
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JamesHoare
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
TheCollector
Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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TheCollector
Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
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Or does war have its virtues?
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
Classical Wisdom
Upcoming Events
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TheCollector
The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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Flashbak
Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
11 months ago
“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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