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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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Flashbak
Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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And some bits and pieces of news.
TheCollector
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Service to what nation?
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Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
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Journey Into the Labyrinth
Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
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TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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Flashbak
Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by...
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Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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TheCollector
What Was the Hanseatic League?
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Res Obscura
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Three years late, but historians are always late
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Three years late, but historians are always late
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
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Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
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We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
TheCollector
Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
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TheCollector
10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
TheCollector
Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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History Today Feed
How to Revive Wassailing
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How to Revive Wassailing
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Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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Flashbak
Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
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The Rise of Extractive Politics
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It's about having small expectations.
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A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
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In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
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Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
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“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
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6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
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Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
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a year ago
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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Keeping it in the Family
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Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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Trying to Understand...
Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
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We are lost in a haunted wood.
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Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
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And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
Flashbak
Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
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At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
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There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
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Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
TheCollector
Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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African History...
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
11 months ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
Trying to Understand...
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
TheCollector
Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
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Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
8 months ago
Part One, anyway. More next week.
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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How to use generative AI for historical research
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Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
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Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
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The Silence of the Elephants
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
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With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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Who Was Vortigern?
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
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Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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
German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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Flashbak
Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
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“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
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Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
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Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
a year ago
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
Classical Wisdom
Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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Philosopher Kings
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Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
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On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
10 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
TheCollector
The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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Stoicism and Stress
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
7 months ago
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
TheCollector
England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
11 months ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
Classical Wisdom
Sappho
Fragments of Poetry
a week ago
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