TheCollector
6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
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9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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The Revolt of the Outer Party.
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Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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Gaius Marius
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... and the Fall of the Republic
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12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
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Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
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On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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Flashbak
Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
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“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
TheCollector
What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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Flashbak
The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
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Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
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an island in the maelstrom
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Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
TheCollector
The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
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Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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Flashbak
Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
10 months ago
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
History Today Feed
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
7 months ago
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Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
TheCollector
How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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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...
6 days ago
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...
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
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demystifying an ancient African society
TheCollector
8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
TheCollector
Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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History Today Feed
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
11 months ago
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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TheCollector
What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
a year ago
Flashbak
In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
7 months ago
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
TheCollector
Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
TheCollector
Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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Flashbak
New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
2 weeks ago
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
TheCollector
Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
2 months ago
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
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Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
3 weeks ago
Please help us not to understand.
Flashbak
Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
7 months ago
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
TheCollector
5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
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10 months ago
The decline and fall of the print media.
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Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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History Today Feed
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
7 months ago
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Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
TheCollector
Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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Flashbak
Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
Flashbak
Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
8 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
History Today Feed
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
7 months ago
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Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
2 months ago
Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
7 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
TheCollector
How Are Art and Science Related?
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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History Today Feed
‘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
a month ago
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Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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Classical Wisdom
Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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History Today Feed
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
4 months ago
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
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Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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Classical Wisdom
[Video] Roundtable Discussion with Mary Naples
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What Is Theodicy?
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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Origins of Stoicism
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
6 months ago
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
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In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
TheCollector
Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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How to Give a Speech
Secrets from Cicero
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
a year ago
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
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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What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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History Today Feed
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
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10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
10 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
Flashbak
The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
3 weeks ago
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
TheCollector
Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
Flashbak
London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
TheCollector
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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History Today Feed
Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
6 months ago
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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TheCollector
Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
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Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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Classical Wisdom
Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
a year ago
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
TheCollector
Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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TheCollector
What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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TheCollector
What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
2 months ago
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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CrimethInc.
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Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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How French Was Medieval England?
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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What Is Capoeira?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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Summary Of Changes
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
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the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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What Was the Kido Butai?
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Res Obscura
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Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
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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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Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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‘D-Day Has Come’
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4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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Who Were the Allied Powers?
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
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Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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Classical Wisdom
Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
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Belief in the Ancient World
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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History Today Feed
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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Flashbak
Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
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Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
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We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
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What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works
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Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
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“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
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The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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History Today Feed
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
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10 London Museums You Should Visit
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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Classical Wisdom
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Does Marcus Matter?
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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Flashbak
Emma Willard’s Time Maps
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that...
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“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
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Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
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Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
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7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
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This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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Classical Wisdom
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
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Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
TheCollector
10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
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Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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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...
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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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How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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Classical Wisdom
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Fate and Free Will
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Flashbak
Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
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‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
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