TheCollector
The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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Flashbak
People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
5 months ago
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
History Today Feed
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
4 months ago
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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TheCollector
Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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TheCollector
8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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TheCollector
Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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TheCollector
Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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TheCollector
7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
a year ago
Augustus and Ancient Religion
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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TheCollector
Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
TheCollector
Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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TheCollector
What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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Flashbak
One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
6 months ago
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
TheCollector
7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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TheCollector
What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
Flashbak
Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
a week ago
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
TheCollector
What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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TheCollector
Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
5 days ago
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
TheCollector
Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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TheCollector
French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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TheCollector
How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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Flashbak
Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
a year ago
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
TheCollector
Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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TheCollector
How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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TheCollector
Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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TheCollector
Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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TheCollector
Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
History Today Feed
Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
7 months ago
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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TheCollector
Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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TheCollector
3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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TheCollector
What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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TheCollector
John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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TheCollector
An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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Classical Wisdom
Final Call
Class Begins Tomorrow
11 months ago
TheCollector
How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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History Today Feed
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
a week ago
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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TheCollector
Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
6 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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TheCollector
What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
a month ago
TheCollector
What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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TheCollector
Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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TheCollector
Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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TheCollector
William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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History Today Feed
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
a year ago
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
TheCollector
What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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TheCollector
Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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TheCollector
How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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TheCollector
How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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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...
5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
TheCollector
Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
History and Myth
a year ago
TheCollector
Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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Flashbak
Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
5 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
TheCollector
3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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TheCollector
Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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TheCollector
Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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TheCollector
Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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History Today Feed
‘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
Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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TheCollector
How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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TheCollector
Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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TheCollector
1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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TheCollector
Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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TheCollector
Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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TheCollector
Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
TheCollector
Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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TheCollector
7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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TheCollector
7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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TheCollector
Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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TheCollector
4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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TheCollector
May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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TheCollector
Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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4 months ago
Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
8 months ago
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
TheCollector
11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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TheCollector
What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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History Today Feed
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
10 months ago
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
Classical Wisdom
Why Socrates Matters
New Event: November 22
a month ago
TheCollector
Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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TheCollector
What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
2 weeks ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
TheCollector
Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
a week ago
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
TheCollector
Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
Flashbak
Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
2 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
TheCollector
5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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History Today Feed
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
11 months ago
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
TheCollector
Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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TheCollector
Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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TheCollector
Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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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 …...
Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
a month ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
TheCollector
What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
a month ago
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
TheCollector
10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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TheCollector
How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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TheCollector
The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
TheCollector
The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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TheCollector
The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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TheCollector
New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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TheCollector
5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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2 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
TheCollector
3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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History Today Feed
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
4 months ago
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
TheCollector
Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
2 weeks ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
TheCollector
The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
3 months ago
History Today Feed
Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
3 days ago
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
6 months ago
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
TheCollector
Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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TheCollector
Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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TheCollector
Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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TheCollector
Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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TheCollector
5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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TheCollector
How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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TheCollector
Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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TheCollector
Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
5 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
Most of them are not from 2023
a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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TheCollector
Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
a month ago
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
Flashbak
Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
7 months ago
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
TheCollector
Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
a year ago
a revolution with a contested legacy.
TheCollector
Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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History Today Feed
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
4 months ago
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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TheCollector
Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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...
History Today Feed
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
TheCollector
What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Flashbak
Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
TheCollector
7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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TheCollector
Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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4 months ago
African History...
A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
11 months ago
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
TheCollector
7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
3 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
TheCollector
Who Is Pina Bausch?
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TheCollector
Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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TheCollector
Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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TheCollector
Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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TheCollector
How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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TheCollector
The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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Flashbak
President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
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