TheCollector
5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
TheCollector
Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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Spartan Training
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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TheCollector
Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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TheCollector
The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
2 months ago
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
TheCollector
Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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TheCollector
Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
8 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
TheCollector
10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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History Today Feed
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
TheCollector
What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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TheCollector
What Is Transcendentalism?
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TheCollector
Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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TheCollector
7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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The Tears of Strangers are only water
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TheCollector
Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
But right back where we started from.
Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
TheCollector
12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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TheCollector
10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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TheCollector
4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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TheCollector
What Is the Gettier Problem?
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TheCollector
Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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TheCollector
The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
3 weeks ago
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
TheCollector
Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
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Corruption in the Ancient World
Flashbak
London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
2 months ago
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
Classical Wisdom
How to Give a Speech
Secrets from Cicero
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TheCollector
How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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TheCollector
Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
a year ago
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
TheCollector
Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
History Today Feed
The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
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The Birth of Ovid
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Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
TheCollector
5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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TheCollector
Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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TheCollector
How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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TheCollector
10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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TheCollector
These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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TheCollector
The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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History Today Feed
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
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Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
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TheCollector
Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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TheCollector
How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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TheCollector
5 Famous Black Mexicans
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History Today Feed
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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TheCollector
Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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African History...
Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
a year ago
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
TheCollector
TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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TheCollector
Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
2 weeks ago
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
TheCollector
FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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TheCollector
Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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TheCollector
Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
11 months ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
TheCollector
When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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TheCollector
Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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TheCollector
How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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TheCollector
Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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Weekend Roundup
Early Christianity
12 months ago
TheCollector
The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
a month ago
Europe turns away from America.
TheCollector
Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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TheCollector
The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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TheCollector
What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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TheCollector
What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
3 months ago
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
Flashbak
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...
TheCollector
Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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TheCollector
What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
TheCollector
Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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Classical Wisdom
Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
a year ago
Belief in the Ancient World
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
TheCollector
What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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TheCollector
How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at...
3 months ago
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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TheCollector
The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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TheCollector
The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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TheCollector
What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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TheCollector
How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
11 months ago
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
TheCollector
Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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Flashbak
Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
4 months ago
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
African History...
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...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
6 months ago
TheCollector
A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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History Today Feed
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
History Today Feed
Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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TheCollector
What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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TheCollector
Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
TheCollector
Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
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...
TheCollector
Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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Flashbak
Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
2 months ago
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
TheCollector
Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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TheCollector
Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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TheCollector
Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
9 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
TheCollector
10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
TheCollector
10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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TheCollector
5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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TheCollector
Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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TheCollector
Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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TheCollector
Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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TheCollector
What Are the Romance Languages?
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Flashbak
Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
5 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
TheCollector
Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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TheCollector
How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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Classical Wisdom
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
11 months ago
TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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TheCollector
The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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Flashbak
Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
9 months ago
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
History Today Feed
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
TheCollector
How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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TheCollector
How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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Classical Wisdom
Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
8 months ago
Does what goes around come around?
TheCollector
What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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TheCollector
4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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TheCollector
Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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TheCollector
Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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TheCollector
The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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a year ago
TheCollector
Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
2 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
TheCollector
The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
7 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
Flashbak
How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
TheCollector
Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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TheCollector
Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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a year ago
Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
7 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
TheCollector
Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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TheCollector
Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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TheCollector
Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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TheCollector
Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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10 months ago
TheCollector
When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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a month ago
TheCollector
Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
a month ago
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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TheCollector
The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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TheCollector
4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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TheCollector
The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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TheCollector
How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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2 months ago
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....
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History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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Early Christian Poetry
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Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
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Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
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Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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African History...
The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
3 months ago
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
5 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
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The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
9 months ago
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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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...
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
12 months ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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Weekend Roundup
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
7 months ago
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
5 months ago
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
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A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
a month ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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The case for a Global Sanctuary City
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What if the Syrians can’t return home?
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
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Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
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The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
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We can't get there from here, anymore.
African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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Summary of changes for January 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
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plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
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And fiddling won't fix it.
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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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...
4 months ago
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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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
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In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
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What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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