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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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7 African Myths About Animals
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
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Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Who Was Clement of Rome?
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TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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5 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
a month ago
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
TheCollector
10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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Flashbak
SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
4 months ago
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
Flashbak
Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
9 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
Flashbak
L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
5 months ago
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
TheCollector
How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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5 months ago
Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
2 weeks ago
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
TheCollector
Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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TheCollector
What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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Classical Wisdom
Essential Classics
Memorial Sales Ends
6 months ago
TheCollector
Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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a year ago
African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
a year ago
an African portrait of an African society
TheCollector
What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
8 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
History Today Feed
The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
a month ago
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
3 months ago
Banned Book Week Begins...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
TheCollector
A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
TheCollector
Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
a year ago
African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
TheCollector
American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
hello fujisan
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
History Today Feed
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
5 months ago
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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13 hours ago
TheCollector
Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
TheCollector
Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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TheCollector
British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
No More Heroes.
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
a month ago
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
TheCollector
Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
2 months ago
Plato on Political Polarization
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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TheCollector
How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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a year ago
TheCollector
Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
Flashbak
Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
a year ago
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
TheCollector
A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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History Today Feed
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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TheCollector
The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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TheCollector
8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
TheCollector
Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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10 months ago
TheCollector
6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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9 months ago
TheCollector
UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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3 months ago
Res Obscura
Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
Three theories
a year ago
TheCollector
Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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a year ago
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Who Was Eusebius?
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11 months ago
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
11 months ago
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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TheCollector
Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
6 months ago
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
Flashbak
Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
TheCollector
Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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a year ago
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
TheCollector
The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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a year ago
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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TheCollector
The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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TheCollector
Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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a year ago
Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
5 days ago
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
TheCollector
Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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4 months ago
TheCollector
French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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6 days ago
TheCollector
How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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