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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
TheCollector
The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Lost and Found
a year ago
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François...
3 weeks ago
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François Brunery (1849 – 1926), and used as the basis for his work as a painter of so-called “Cardinal Paintings”. His work depicting cardinals of the Catholic church in comical or embarrassing...
TheCollector
When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
6 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
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Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
3 months ago
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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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...
10 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....
TheCollector
Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
TheCollector
International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French...
a month ago
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
TheCollector
Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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History Today Feed
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
8 months ago
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
4 months ago
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
TheCollector
The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters and Myths
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
11 months ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
a month ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
TheCollector
How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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TheCollector
The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle's Politics
3 months ago
TheCollector
Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
2 months ago
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
TheCollector
The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
7 months ago
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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History Today Feed
The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
6 months ago
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
10 months ago
TheCollector
The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
4 months ago
Golden Age of Latin Literature
TheCollector
What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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The Electoral College Explained
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History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
a year ago
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
Wrong Side of...
Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
a month ago
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
History Today Feed
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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7 months ago
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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Classical Wisdom
Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
2 months ago
The Silence of the Elephants
TheCollector
Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
TheCollector
Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
TheCollector
Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
8 months ago
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
TheCollector
Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
TheCollector
Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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9 months ago
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
2 months ago
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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