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Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
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Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
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10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
TheCollector
Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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History Today Feed
How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
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How to Revive Wassailing
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Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
History Today Feed
Columbine 25 Years On
Columbine 25 Years On
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Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
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Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
TheCollector
6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
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?
TheCollector
5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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Flashbak
Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
a month ago
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
a month ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
TheCollector
3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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History Today Feed
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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What Is the History of Halloween?
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
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Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
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Socrates' Wayward Student
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...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
Trying to Understand...
Games Nations Play.
But they forget the people and the Street.
7 months ago
But they forget the people and the Street.
TheCollector
Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
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Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
TheCollector
The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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Weekend Roundup
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
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a year ago
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
TheCollector
Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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Flashbak
Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
a year ago
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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Trying to Understand...
A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
Classical Wisdom
Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
5 months ago
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
a month ago
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
TheCollector
Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
7 months ago
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
History Today Feed
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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a year ago
African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
7 months ago
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
TheCollector
The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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4 months ago
weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
a year ago
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
TheCollector
5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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Flashbak
New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
5 months ago
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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What Is the Ides of March?
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
A Brief History of Mount Everest
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
8 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
Classical Wisdom
Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
6 months ago
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
History Today Feed
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
6 months ago
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
History Today Feed
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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10 months ago
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Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Death of the King of Siam
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
2 months ago
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
TheCollector
4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
2 weeks ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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