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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
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On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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a home for pino
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
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Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
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Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
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Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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a month 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...
TheCollector
Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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a year ago
TheCollector
Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
a year ago
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
TheCollector
What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
4 months ago
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Military Geniuses From History
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
4 months ago
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
TheCollector
Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Socrates Matters
New Event: November 22
a month ago
TheCollector
How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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8 months ago
TheCollector
7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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a year ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Mount Everest
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
St. Nicholas
The Saint behind Santa
2 days ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
8 months ago
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
a year ago
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
TheCollector
What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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3 days ago
History Today Feed
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
4 months ago
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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2 months ago
Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
History Today Feed
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
a week ago
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
7 months ago
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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a year ago
TheCollector
German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
6 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Does the Electoral College Work?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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a year ago
TheCollector
Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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a month ago
TheCollector
6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
6 months ago
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
History Today Feed
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
7 months ago
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
a year ago
an island in the maelstrom
African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
a year ago
journal of African cities chapter 9
History Today Feed
Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
a month ago
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
TheCollector
What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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5 months ago
Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
a week ago
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
TheCollector
What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
11 months ago
How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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7 months ago
Global Inequality...
The third framing
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
3 months ago
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
8 months ago
TheCollector
The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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a week ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
TheCollector
Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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a month ago
TheCollector
6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
7 months ago
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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a month ago
TheCollector
Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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12 months ago
TheCollector
10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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9 months ago
TheCollector
These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Early Christianity
12 months ago
TheCollector
Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
2 weeks ago
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
6 months ago
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
TheCollector
12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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a week ago
TheCollector
The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
8 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
TheCollector
3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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a year ago
Flashbak
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...
2 months ago
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...
African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
12 months ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
a week ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
7 months ago
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
TheCollector
10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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4 weeks ago
TheCollector
TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
11 months ago
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
4 months ago
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
TheCollector
James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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3 months ago
TheCollector
10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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a year ago
TheCollector
Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Conlangs?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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a month ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
TheCollector
The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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6 months ago
TheCollector
When Was the First Crusade?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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3 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
a year ago
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
TheCollector
The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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a month ago
TheCollector
Who Was Eusebius?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Collecting Art
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6 months ago
TheCollector
An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
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