Classical Wisdom
The Secret Life of Latin
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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How Did Socrates Die?
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
11 months ago
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
TheCollector
What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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Flashbak
L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
5 months ago
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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History Today Feed
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
8 months ago
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
Flashbak
Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
a year ago
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
TheCollector
U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
TheCollector
9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
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There are no "why"s in our world.
TheCollector
5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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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...
TheCollector
A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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Who Were the Axis Powers?
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
a month ago
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
TheCollector
Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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Res Obscura
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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TheCollector
A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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Flashbak
Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
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The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
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What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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Classical Wisdom
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
3 months ago
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
TheCollector
5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
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What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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Classical Wisdom
Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
a year ago
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
2 months ago
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
TheCollector
Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
2 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
TheCollector
How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
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How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on...
3 months ago
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
TheCollector
10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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TheCollector
6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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History Today Feed
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
10 months ago
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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TheCollector
The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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TheCollector
Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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TheCollector
Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
TheCollector
Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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Classical Wisdom
The Life of Aristotle
More Than A Philosopher
11 months ago
TheCollector
Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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TheCollector
What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
a year ago
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
TheCollector
A History of the United States Supreme Court
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
7 months ago
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
TheCollector
How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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Flashbak
Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
a month ago
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
TheCollector
The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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TheCollector
Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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What Was the First Triumvirate?
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
7 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
TheCollector
How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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TheCollector
What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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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,...
Flashbak
Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
9 months ago
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
TheCollector
What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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Flashbak
William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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.
Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
TheCollector
The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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Trying to Understand...
Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
2 months ago
We are lost in a haunted wood.
TheCollector
Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Samaritans?
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Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
TheCollector
Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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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
TheCollector
The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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TheCollector
Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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TheCollector
New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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TheCollector
Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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History Today Feed
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
Flashbak
Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
7 months ago
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
TheCollector
Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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History Today Feed
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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TheCollector
Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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TheCollector
How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
6 months ago
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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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...
TheCollector
Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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TheCollector
Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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TheCollector
What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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TheCollector
Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
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The decline and fall of the print media.
TheCollector
New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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Res Obscura
Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
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You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
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Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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The Past Is Another Country.
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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How the South Became Republican
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Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
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How the South Became Republican
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Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
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Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
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Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
Classical Wisdom
Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
a year ago
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
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Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
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10 months ago
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime Richard Klein, Professor of French at Cornell University and editor of Diacritics, quit smoking while writing Cigarettes Are Sublime and has been nicotine-free ever since. So do...
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26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
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The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
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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...
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
6 months ago
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
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The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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11 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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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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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
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Last Chance!
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
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Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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Catching Nessie on Film
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Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
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Catching Nessie on Film
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Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
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The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
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New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
a month ago
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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...
Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
5 months ago
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
TheCollector
Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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TheCollector
England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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9 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
TheCollector
Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
TheCollector
What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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TheCollector
Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
7 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
a week ago
But is there anything there?
TheCollector
Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
11 months ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
a year ago
TheCollector
7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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a year ago
African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
TheCollector
Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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Classical Wisdom
Last Call for Classical Gifts
Shipping Cutoff imminent
a year ago
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Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
4 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
6 months ago
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