TheCollector
How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
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Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
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10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
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Who Was Averroes?
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
a year ago
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
Classical Wisdom
Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
a year ago
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
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What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
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Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
3 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
TheCollector
The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
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Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
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Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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Flashbak
16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
3 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
9 months ago
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
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Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
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What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
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Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
4 months ago
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
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JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
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...
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
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Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
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What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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Golden Age of Latin Literature
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The Story of Thebes
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
TheCollector
Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
TheCollector
The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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Flashbak
Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
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Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
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What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
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Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
TheCollector
A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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History Today Feed
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
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Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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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
Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
9 months ago
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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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
TheCollector
Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
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 …...
History Today Feed
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
6 months ago
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JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
4 days ago
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
TheCollector
Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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TheCollector
The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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TheCollector
The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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TheCollector
The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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TheCollector
4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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11 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
TheCollector
5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
11 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
TheCollector
Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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Flashbak
Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
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...
Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
7 months ago
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
TheCollector
Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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TheCollector
What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
5 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
TheCollector
Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
a year ago
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
Wrong Side of...
Inside the Catholic State
The world that created Caravaggio
a month ago
The world that created Caravaggio
TheCollector
The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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TheCollector
Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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TheCollector
How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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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...
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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...
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
4 months ago
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
TheCollector
When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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TheCollector
Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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TheCollector
How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
Classical Wisdom
Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
a month ago
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
TheCollector
Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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History Today Feed
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
4 months ago
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
TheCollector
Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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Flashbak
Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
6 months ago
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
6 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
4 months ago
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
History Today Feed
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
a month ago
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
TheCollector
Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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TheCollector
6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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11 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
TheCollector
Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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History Today Feed
Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
TheCollector
18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
11 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
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What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
a week ago
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
TheCollector
Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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TheCollector
Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
TheCollector
Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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Who Was George Eliot?
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Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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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
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Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
a year ago
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
TheCollector
Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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TheCollector
Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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TheCollector
Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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Flashbak
In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
2 months ago
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
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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...
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“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 …...
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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Ode to a Grecian Tour
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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
a month ago
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
Flashbak
How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
a year ago
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
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War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
3 months ago
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
11 months ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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11 months ago
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
6 days ago
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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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
6 months ago
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
4 months ago
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
TheCollector
Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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4 months ago
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
8 months ago
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
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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...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
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In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
7 months ago
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
6 months ago
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
TheCollector
What Is an Existential Crisis?
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Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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Weekend Roundup
Monsters and Myths
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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Flashbak
Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
9 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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What Was Négritude?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
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Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
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Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
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Does what goes around come around?
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Going to Pieces Slowly...
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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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...
10 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....
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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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
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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The Essential Greeks
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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What Are the Five French Republics?
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Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
2 months ago
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
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The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
5 months ago
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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‘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
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
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...
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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10 months ago
Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
11 months ago
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
a year ago
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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8 months ago
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
11 months ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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