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6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
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Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
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A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844. “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
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“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
TheCollector
8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
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From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
TheCollector
The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
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NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
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And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
TheCollector
What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
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This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
TheCollector
Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
TheCollector
How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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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...
11 months 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...
History Today Feed
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
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Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
TheCollector
Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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Hundred Rabbits
hello fujisan
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
History Today Feed
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
TheCollector
What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
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How can we train Resilience?
TheCollector
Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
TheCollector
Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
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What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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History Today Feed
Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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TheCollector
5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
TheCollector
Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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TheCollector
Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
a month ago
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
TheCollector
What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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TheCollector
What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Julio-Claudians
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African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
6 months ago
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
TheCollector
Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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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
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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TheCollector
Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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History Today Feed
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
TheCollector
Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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TheCollector
7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
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How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
Flashbak
Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
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John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
TheCollector
‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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History Today Feed
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
TheCollector
A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
a year ago
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
TheCollector
What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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TheCollector
What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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TheCollector
How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
10 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
Flashbak
Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
10 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
a year ago
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
TheCollector
Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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TheCollector
What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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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
Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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TheCollector
Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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Flashbak
12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
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In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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What Is the Ides of March?
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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Classical Wisdom
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Prometheus and AI?
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Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
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4 days ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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TheCollector
The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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What Are the Five French Republics?
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
Trying to Understand...
A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
a year ago
They are quite serious, actually.
TheCollector
“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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Essential Classics
Memorial Sales Ends
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
TheCollector
Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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History Today Feed
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
TheCollector
Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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TheCollector
Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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Flashbak
Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
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Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
TheCollector
7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
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TheCollector
What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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Classical Wisdom
Can Any Good Come From War?
The Tragedy of the Trenches
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The Tragedy of the Trenches
African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
Classical Wisdom
Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
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Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
Wrong Side of...
Inside the Catholic State
The world that created Caravaggio
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The world that created Caravaggio
Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
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TheCollector
What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
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Journal of African cities chapter 7
TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
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An indispensable organization
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
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This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
TheCollector
Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
11 months ago
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
TheCollector
Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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Plato Vs Aristotle
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Will There Be “Crazy” People?
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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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...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
Flashbak
Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
6 months ago
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
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Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
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Flashbak
Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
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7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
a year ago
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
TheCollector
Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
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The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
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Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
TheCollector
Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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History Today Feed
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
TheCollector
7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
a year ago
an island in the maelstrom
TheCollector
What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably...
a week ago
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
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What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
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Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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What Is the History of the Guitar?
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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Flashbak
East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
8 months ago
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
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NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
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A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
TheCollector
George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
TheCollector
$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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Flashbak
Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
4 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
Classical Wisdom
Events Schedule
*Time Correction for Wednesday
11 months ago
*Time Correction for Wednesday
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
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Because that's all they can do.
Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
2 months ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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Flashbak
The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s...
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“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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a year ago
African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
a year ago
Urbanism in the forest region.
TheCollector
Who Was Julius Caesar?
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Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
a month ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
a year ago
Africa's past carved in ivory
TheCollector
What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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Classical Wisdom
Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
10 months ago
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
History Today Feed
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
TheCollector
Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
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The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
5 months ago
It was all too difficult, finally.
Classical Wisdom
Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
a year ago
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
11 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
8 months ago
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What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
TheCollector
Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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Weekend Roundup
Philosopher Kings
10 months ago
Flashbak
42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
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The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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History Today Feed
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
a year ago
But some things are more connected than others.
TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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Classical Wisdom
How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
11 months ago
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
Flashbak
Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
a week ago
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
a week ago
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
TheCollector
The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
11 months ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
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