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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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Dreams of Space -...
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Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
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In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
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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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The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
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With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
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Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
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Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
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There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
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How the CCP is Closing China
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
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Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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The Death of Clive of India
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The Death of Clive of India
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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A (Brief) History of the IRA
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
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The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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And the exhaustion of politics.
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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What is TIME? And Dates?
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The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
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African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
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At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
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Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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TheCollector
What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
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Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
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For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
TheCollector
What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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Cars of Britain in the 1970s
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In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
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Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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Overcoming Bias
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5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
5 months ago
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
TheCollector
Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
Flashbak
Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
a month ago
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
TheCollector
7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
TheCollector
The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
11 months ago
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
9 months ago
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
History Today Feed
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
7 months ago
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
Trying to Understand...
The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
Flashbak
The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
8 months ago
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Animals of the Ancient World
6 months ago
Animals of the Ancient World
TheCollector
The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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TheCollector
Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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Classical Wisdom
Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
6 months ago
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
TheCollector
London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
TheCollector
Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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TheCollector
Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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a year ago
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
2 months ago
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
TheCollector
What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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TheCollector
Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
10 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
3 months ago
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
TheCollector
6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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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
What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
a year ago
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
TheCollector
A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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TheCollector
Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
11 months ago
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
TheCollector
Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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TheCollector
A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
6 months ago
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
a year ago
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
TheCollector
The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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6 months ago
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7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
a year ago
Flashbak
At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
TheCollector
Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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10 months ago
African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
a year ago
an island in the maelstrom
TheCollector
The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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4 months ago
Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
a month ago
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...
TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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11 months ago
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle's Politics
3 months ago
TheCollector
The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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a year ago
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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a year ago
TheCollector
How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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TheCollector
How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
TheCollector
What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
a year ago
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
TheCollector
Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
TheCollector
NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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a year ago
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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10 months ago
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What Is Gnosticism?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
7 months ago
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
You don't need to know that.
9 months ago
You don't need to know that.
TheCollector
What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
TheCollector
Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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a year ago
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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a year ago
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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7 months ago
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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a year ago
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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10 months ago
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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7 months ago
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
10 months ago
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
TheCollector
What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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8 months ago
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