TheCollector
Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
TheCollector
Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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Who Was Eusebius?
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Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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TheCollector
How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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History Today Feed
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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Flashbak
Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
5 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
TheCollector
Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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TheCollector
Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
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TheCollector
7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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TheCollector
Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated
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A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Separate History from Myth?
And does it need to be true to be important?
a year ago
And does it need to be true to be important?
History Today Feed
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
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Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
TheCollector
Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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TheCollector
What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
2 months ago
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
TheCollector
The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
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Journey Into the Labyrinth
TheCollector
The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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a year ago
Flashbak
Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
10 months ago
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
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a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
TheCollector
Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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TheCollector
Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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What’s the History of Gin?
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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2 months ago
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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3 weeks ago
Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
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Classical Wisdom
The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
5 months ago
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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a year ago
CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
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Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
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History and Myth
a year ago
TheCollector
Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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7 months ago
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How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
TheCollector
Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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2 months ago
African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
6 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
TheCollector
Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
Who Were the 43 Group?
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a month ago
Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
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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...
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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Classical Wisdom
5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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Empress Theodora
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Virgil and the Aeneid
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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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...
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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...
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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TheCollector
Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
12 months ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
TheCollector
The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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12 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
a year ago
Augustus and Ancient Religion
TheCollector
Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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3 months ago
African History...
A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
a year ago
demystifying an ancient African society
TheCollector
Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
TheCollector
The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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7 months ago
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5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
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TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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9 months ago
Flashbak
How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
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”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
10 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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9 months ago
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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8 months ago
African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
9 months ago
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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History Today Feed
How Iran Won the West
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JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
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How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
TheCollector
What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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Who Was Vortigern?
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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a year ago
Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
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The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
TheCollector
A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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3 months ago
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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a year ago
Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
7 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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When Was the First Crusade?
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7 months ago
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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TheCollector
What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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10 months ago
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
11 months ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
History Today Feed
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
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A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
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The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
TheCollector
6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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a year ago
Flashbak
Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
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“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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7 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
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Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
a year ago
journal of African cities chapter 9
African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
a year ago
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
TheCollector
History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
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Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
A Book 100 Years in the Making
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
TheCollector
Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Halloween?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
2 months ago
We are lost in a haunted wood.
Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
4 months ago
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Quick Notification
In Search of Homer
2 months ago
History Today Feed
The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
11 months ago
The True Knights Templar
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Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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9 months ago
Flashbak
The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
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The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
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JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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9 months ago
Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
5 months ago
Wars and ideology simplified
TheCollector
The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
6 months ago
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
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Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might...
8 months ago
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might have heard that Ernest Hemingway wrote a six-word short story in response to a $10 bet that so few words could make the reader cry. Hemingway won with: “For sale: Baby shoes. Never...
Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
a year ago
...and the feared Persian Army
TheCollector
6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
8 months ago
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Does Marcus Matter?
11 months ago
TheCollector
British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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4 months ago
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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11 months ago
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Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
TheCollector
Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
a year ago
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
TheCollector
How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
2 months ago
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
TheCollector
Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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11 months ago
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
3 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
TheCollector
Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
5 months ago
A Different View of Thucydides
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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10 months ago
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How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
a year ago
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
TheCollector
6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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7 months ago
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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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...
a month ago
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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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classical Wisdom Books
a year ago
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
TheCollector
Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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TheCollector
Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
2 months ago
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
TheCollector
10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
7 months ago
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
4 months ago
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
6 months ago
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
TheCollector
Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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a year ago
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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Classical Wisdom
Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
a year ago
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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TheCollector
The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
4 months ago
Golden Age of Latin Literature
TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
4 days ago
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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9 months ago
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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11 months ago
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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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8 months ago
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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5 months ago
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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9 months ago
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
TheCollector
What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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