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If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
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We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
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These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
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In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
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over a year ago
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Many of the...
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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Beard Fashions and Class
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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What Is Capoeira?
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Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
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The Life and Work of Pheidias
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
11 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
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Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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Julius Caesar
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What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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The True Knights Templar
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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George Cassiday: Who Was the Man in the Green Hat?
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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The Lost Years of Jesus
The Lost Years of Jesus
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The Lost Years of Jesus
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African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
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Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
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A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
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An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain?
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Useless in Gaza
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
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As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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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...
2 months ago
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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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...
10 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...
Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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What Is the Ides of March?
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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Open Culture
Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Performed by a Choir of 4,000 Singers
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from...
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
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Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
Classical Wisdom
Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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Aristotle's Politics
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TheCollector
15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
Flashbak
Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
9 months ago
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
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An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
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Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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TheCollector
Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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TheCollector
7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
TheCollector
6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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3 months ago
TheCollector
7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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a year ago
TheCollector
Carl Jung’s Theory of Archetypes: Major Archetypes, History, Criticism
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3 days ago
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...
2 weeks 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...
Flashbak
Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
a month ago
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
TheCollector
Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
a month ago
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
TheCollector
Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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2 months ago
Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
TheCollector
Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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8 months ago
TheCollector
British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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a year ago
TheCollector
Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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2 months ago
TheCollector
7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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12 months ago
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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a month ago
TheCollector
The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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2 weeks ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
TheCollector
What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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11 months ago
African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Military Geniuses From History
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
a month ago
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
TheCollector
Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
TheCollector
5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Your favourite half-British president
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
a month ago
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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a year ago
Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
a year ago
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secrets of the Scythians
10 months ago
TheCollector
Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Anti-Natalism?
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
TheCollector
The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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6 months ago
TheCollector
New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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4 months ago
TheCollector
A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
How the CCP is Closing China
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
7 months ago
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
TheCollector
Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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2 months ago
African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
a year ago
Urbanism in the forest region.
TheCollector
Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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7 months ago
TheCollector
6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Gleiwitz Incident: When Nazis Faked an Attack on Germany
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5 days ago
African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
a year ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
TheCollector
A History of the Free City of Danzig (Now Gdansk)
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6 days ago
TheCollector
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
2 months ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
TheCollector
7 African Myths About Animals
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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a year ago
Flashbak
That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
11 months ago
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
TheCollector
How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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a year ago
TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
11 months ago
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Women in Logic You Should Know
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4 days ago
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
What's it going to be, then?
a year ago
What's it going to be, then?
TheCollector
The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
5 months ago
TheCollector
Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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4 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
Trying to Understand...
Le Missile passera toujours ... mais qui est prêt à l’admettre ?
Another of my essays in French.
5 days ago
Another of my essays in French.
Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
a month ago
TheCollector
Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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a month ago
Flashbak
Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
8 months ago
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
TheCollector
5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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a year ago
Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
11 months ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
TheCollector
British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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a month ago
Overcoming Bias
What Priority The Innocent?
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
a week ago
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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a week ago
Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
4 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
TheCollector
4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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10 months ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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7 months ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
a month ago
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
TheCollector
What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
2 months ago
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
TheCollector
Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
Classical Wisdom
Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
a year ago
TheCollector
Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
4 months ago
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
TheCollector
What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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9 months ago
TheCollector
6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
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