TheCollector
Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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TheCollector
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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TheCollector
What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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Classical Wisdom
Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
a year ago
Belief in the Ancient World
History Today Feed
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
10 months ago
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
TheCollector
Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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Hidden History
The 1914 Christmas Truce
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous...
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[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous events to come out of the First World War. Some have called it the last gasp of the chivalric age of professional militaries and gentlemen officers, to be followed by the full horrors...
TheCollector
What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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History Today Feed
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
7 months ago
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
6 months ago
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
TheCollector
Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
6 months ago
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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TheCollector
Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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Flashbak
Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
11 months ago
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
TheCollector
8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
a year ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
TheCollector
Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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TheCollector
Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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TheCollector
What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
a year ago
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
TheCollector
What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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3 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
9 months ago
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
TheCollector
What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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a year ago
History Today Feed
History Today Review of the Year
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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TheCollector
Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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7 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
TheCollector
Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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TheCollector
A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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TheCollector
The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
5 months ago
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
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“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
Flashbak
Historical Figures in Ridiculous Frippery: Ruff Love For Old Masters
“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you...
2 days ago
“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you really were? What if the face you showed the world turned out to be a mask… with nothing beneath it?” — Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes Volker Hermes lampoons traditional...
TheCollector
Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
TheCollector
5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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TheCollector
Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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TheCollector
Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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TheCollector
Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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TheCollector
Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
TheCollector
7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
4 months ago
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
TheCollector
Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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TheCollector
7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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TheCollector
Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
2 months ago
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
TheCollector
Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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a year ago
Flashbak
British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
2 months ago
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
TheCollector
10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Continue Reading
TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
7 months ago
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
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
4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
4 weeks ago
But who is prepared to admit it?
Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
3 weeks ago
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
2 months ago
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...
TheCollector
The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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TheCollector
What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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TheCollector
Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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TheCollector
Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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TheCollector
3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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TheCollector
9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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TheCollector
7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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TheCollector
Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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TheCollector
What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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TheCollector
What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
11 months ago
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
History Today Feed
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
TheCollector
5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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TheCollector
Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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TheCollector
The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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Classical Wisdom
Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
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Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
2 months ago
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
TheCollector
Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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TheCollector
Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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TheCollector
6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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TheCollector
Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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TheCollector
Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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TheCollector
An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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TheCollector
Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
11 months ago
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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Flashbak
Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
3 months ago
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
TheCollector
Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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TheCollector
7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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6 months ago
Flashbak
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
The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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TheCollector
Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
TheCollector
How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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TheCollector
What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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TheCollector
The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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TheCollector
10 Charming Medieval Villages in Austria to Visit
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History Today Feed
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
5 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
Classical Wisdom
Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
2 months ago
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
Classical Wisdom
[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
Begins in Two Weeks
a year ago
TheCollector
The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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a year ago
Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
3 weeks ago
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
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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Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
TheCollector
Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
Flashbak
Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
10 months ago
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
a month ago
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
African History...
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)
TheCollector
Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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a year 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...
TheCollector
Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
TheCollector
6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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a year ago
Flashbak
Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
8 months ago
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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History Today Feed
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
a month ago
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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TheCollector
What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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TheCollector
Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
10 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
TheCollector
8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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History Today Feed
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
7 months ago
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
Classical Wisdom
Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
2 months ago
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
TheCollector
Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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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.
Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
TheCollector
When Did the Korean War Start?
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
TheCollector
Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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TheCollector
How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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6 months ago
Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
3 weeks ago
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
TheCollector
Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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TheCollector
How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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10 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently...
2 months ago
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
Flashbak
Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
9 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
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Weekend Roundup
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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
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The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
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The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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Sixth-Century Sword Unearthed in Anglo-Saxon Cemetery
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
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Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
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Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
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Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
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11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
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Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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Sex Before Sex Education
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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Sex Before Sex Education
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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Open Culture
What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2025: Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner’s The Sound and...
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films,...
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Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films, musical compositions, sound recordings, works of art, and other pieces of intellectual property. This year happens to be an especially notable one for connoisseurs of Belgian...
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
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“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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Spartan Training
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
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100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
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John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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Nature in Greek Myth
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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History Today Feed
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
Flashbak
Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
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1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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A Collection of...
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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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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Gods Vs Titans
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a year ago
...and the Origins of the Universe
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
Flashbak
Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
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The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
History Today Feed
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
TheCollector
The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
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From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
History Today Feed
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Ski Towns in the US
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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a year ago
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
TheCollector
Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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2 months 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...
Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
6 months ago
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
a year ago
Power laws in criminal behavior
TheCollector
German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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a year ago
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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Classical Wisdom
The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
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And the Boundless Universe
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What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
No More Heroes.
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
a month ago
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
TheCollector
How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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11 months ago
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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7 months ago
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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What Is Voguing?
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10 months ago
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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3 months ago
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Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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6 months ago
Flashbak
The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
6 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
TheCollector
Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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a year ago
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
8 months ago
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
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