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Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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What Was Jim Crow?
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Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
3 weeks ago
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
6 months ago
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
5 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
10 months ago
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
9 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
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
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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African History...
A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
a year ago
State and society on Africa's largest island.
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
5 months ago
It was all too difficult, finally.
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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Flashbak
Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
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Global power has always been distributed.
Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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Trying to Understand...
Games Nations Play.
But they forget the people and the Street.
7 months ago
But they forget the people and the Street.
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Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
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Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
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How the South Became Republican
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
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Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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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.
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
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Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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What Was the Kido Butai?
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Blindspots and Biographies
a year ago
Blindspots and Biographies
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Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
7 months ago
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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Ancient Greek Art
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3 months ago
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
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“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
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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...
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The Value of Wills to Historians
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
8 months ago
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
a month ago
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
a year ago
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
5 months ago
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When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
5 months ago
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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Columbine 25 Years On
Columbine 25 Years On
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Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
8 months ago
Columbine 25 Years On
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Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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Flashbak
Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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Classical Wisdom
[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius...
a year ago
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
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What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
a year ago
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
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Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
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A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
What's it going to be, then?
a year ago
What's it going to be, then?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
7 months ago
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
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Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
7 months ago
Should you meet your heroes?
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
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Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Wrong Side of...
The War on the Countryside
The Shire must be brought to heel
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The Shire must be brought to heel
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
2 months ago
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
2 months ago
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
4 months ago
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
10 months ago
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Anxiety
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A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
a month ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
3 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
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The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
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Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
7 months ago
Inventing Cyrillic
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
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Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
8 months ago
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
9 months ago
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
TheCollector
A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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3 weeks ago
Flashbak
High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
4 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
Classical Wisdom
Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
11 months ago
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
TheCollector
What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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a year ago
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
How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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9 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...
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
6 months ago
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
11 months ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
Classical Wisdom
The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
8 months ago
War Stoppers and God Makers
TheCollector
Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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3 weeks ago
Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
a year ago
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
Flashbak
Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
2 months ago
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...
TheCollector
What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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4 weeks ago
History Today Feed
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
7 months ago
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
10 months ago
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
TheCollector
New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
History Today Feed
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
11 months ago
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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7 months ago
African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
a year ago
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
Flashbak
SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
4 months ago
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
TheCollector
Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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TheCollector
Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
8 months ago
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
TheCollector
Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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TheCollector
Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
a year ago
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
TheCollector
How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
History Today Feed
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
10 months ago
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
TheCollector
The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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2 months ago
TheCollector
10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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TheCollector
Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
TheCollector
What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
11 months ago
TheCollector
Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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11 months ago
TheCollector
7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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a month ago
TheCollector
French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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4 months ago
weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
TheCollector
7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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4 weeks ago
TheCollector
5 Famous Black Mexicans
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11 months ago
weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
a year ago
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
TheCollector
Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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6 months ago
TheCollector
17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classics Gifts!
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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9 months ago
African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
8 months ago
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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3 months ago
Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
a year ago
On cartography as historical argument
TheCollector
Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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a year ago
TheCollector
Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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a year ago
TheCollector
When Was D-Day?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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a week ago
TheCollector
What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Electoral College Explained
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Religion in the Olympics
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
4 months ago
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
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...
TheCollector
The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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a year ago
African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
a year ago
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
10 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
a month ago
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
7 months ago
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
TheCollector
The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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3 months ago
TheCollector
A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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TheCollector
Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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a month ago
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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2 months ago
TheCollector
6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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a year ago
TheCollector
Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
TheCollector
8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
11 months ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
History Today Feed
The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
TheCollector
Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Vernon Lee?
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
TheCollector
Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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4 months ago
TheCollector
9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Calling Time on BC and AD
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
5 months ago
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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6 months ago
TheCollector
6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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6 months ago
TheCollector
When Was the First Flight in History?
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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a year ago
Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
TheCollector
How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
7 months ago
And Her Controversial Religion
Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
9 months ago
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
TheCollector
Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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11 months ago
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Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
7 months ago
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
TheCollector
Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Does Free Will Exist?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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11 months ago
Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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11 months ago
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