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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
TheCollector
Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
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Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
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The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
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A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
TheCollector
4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
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A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
TheCollector
How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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History Today Feed
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
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How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
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Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
TheCollector
Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
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The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
TheCollector
5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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TheCollector
From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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TheCollector
Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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Flashbak
Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
10 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
a year ago
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
TheCollector
Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
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Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
8 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
TheCollector
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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12 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
11 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
TheCollector
15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
3 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
10 months ago
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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TheCollector
Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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TheCollector
Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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weird medieval guys
Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
a year ago
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
TheCollector
What Is First Corinthians About?
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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History Today Feed
The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Useless in Gaza
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
a year ago
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
TheCollector
10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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a year ago
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
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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4 months 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...
4 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...
Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
TheCollector
Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
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How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
TheCollector
Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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TheCollector
5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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TheCollector
Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
TheCollector
8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
TheCollector
Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
History Today Feed
How French Was Medieval England?
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
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How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
Trying to Understand...
We Are All Civilisational States
It's just that some people don't realise it.
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It's just that some people don't realise it.
TheCollector
What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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TheCollector
Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
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In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
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The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
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Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
TheCollector
5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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3 weeks ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
TheCollector
Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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The Mother Goddess of Rome
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And Her Controversial Religion
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
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The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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