TheCollector
What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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TheCollector
What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
6 days ago
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
Flashbak
Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
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Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
6 months ago
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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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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Flashbak
Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
TheCollector
6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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2 months ago
Flashbak
1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
8 months ago
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Early Years of Jesus
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Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
TheCollector
The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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History Today Feed
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
History Today Feed
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
a year ago
journal of African cities chapter 9
TheCollector
Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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TheCollector
Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
3 weeks ago
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
TheCollector
The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
7 months ago
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
TheCollector
10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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Myths and Metamorphoses
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Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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TheCollector
Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
Flashbak
Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
3 weeks ago
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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TheCollector
Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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Classical Wisdom
Introducing....Classical Wisdom Books!
Plus... Merch!
a year ago
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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Maths, Art, and the Moon
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most...
a month ago
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
TheCollector
Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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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
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
History Today Feed
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
TheCollector
UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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Wrong Side of...
Fellow believers or fellow citizens?
Liberalism dies in darkness
a month ago
Liberalism dies in darkness
TheCollector
Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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TheCollector
What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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TheCollector
The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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TheCollector
Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
a year ago
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
TheCollector
Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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TheCollector
Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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Flashbak
Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
3 weeks ago
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
TheCollector
What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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TheCollector
A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
TheCollector
The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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Global Inequality...
Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
2 months ago
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
TheCollector
Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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TheCollector
What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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TheCollector
4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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Flashbak
American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
7 months ago
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
TheCollector
Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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TheCollector
Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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TheCollector
The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
TheCollector
What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
4 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
TheCollector
Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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TheCollector
The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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TheCollector
Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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TheCollector
7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
2 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
Flashbak
Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
2 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
History Today Feed
Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
7 months ago
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
10 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
TheCollector
Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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TheCollector
Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
11 months ago
Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
10 months ago
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
TheCollector
Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
7 months ago
TheCollector
6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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TheCollector
Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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Classical Wisdom
Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
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Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
History Today Feed
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
TheCollector
1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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TheCollector
Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
a year ago
TheCollector
Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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Flashbak
26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
2 months ago
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
TheCollector
Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
TheCollector
Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
a month ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
TheCollector
7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
4 months ago
TheCollector
The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
a month ago
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
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Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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TheCollector
What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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TheCollector
10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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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?
History Today Feed
The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
a month ago
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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...
TheCollector
St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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TheCollector
What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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TheCollector
The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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TheCollector
Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Lost and Found
a year ago
Flashbak
The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
11 months ago
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
TheCollector
Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
a month ago
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
TheCollector
Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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History Today Feed
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
7 months ago
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
TheCollector
Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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TheCollector
The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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TheCollector
What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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a year ago
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...
Flashbak
Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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