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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
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Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
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Confessions from a Classics Lover
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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Let's Be Enemies
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Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
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I See The Earth! (1968)
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Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
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A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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an island in the maelstrom
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
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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
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Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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a year ago
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a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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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.
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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History Today Feed
Calling Time on BC and AD
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JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
5 months ago
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Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
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TheCollector
Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
10 months ago
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Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
TheCollector
How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
Trying to Understand...
A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
a year ago
They are quite serious, actually.
TheCollector
7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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Spartan Training
The Ultimate Regime
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
2 weeks ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
TheCollector
Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
a week ago
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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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.
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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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
5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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Trying to Understand...
The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
a year ago
We can't get there from here, anymore.
TheCollector
Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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History Today Feed
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
4 months ago
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
TheCollector
Does Free Will Exist?
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Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
2 weeks ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
TheCollector
Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
11 months ago
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
a month ago
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
Flashbak
Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
3 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
a year ago
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
Classical Wisdom
[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius...
a year ago
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
8 months ago
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
TheCollector
A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
5 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
TheCollector
10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
a year ago
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
TheCollector
The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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