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6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
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We left our mooring at...
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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The Value of Wills to Historians
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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A Collection of...
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What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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Columbine 25 Years On
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
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‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
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Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
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From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
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We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
TheCollector
Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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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...
TheCollector
8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
10 months ago
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
TheCollector
10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
TheCollector
Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
TheCollector
10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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TheCollector
What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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TheCollector
5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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TheCollector
8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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TheCollector
Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
TheCollector
The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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TheCollector
Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
10 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
TheCollector
Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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What Is Voguing?
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
TheCollector
8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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TheCollector
The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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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...
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
TheCollector
Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
2 weeks ago
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
TheCollector
10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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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...
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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History Today Feed
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
TheCollector
5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
10 months ago
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
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Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
TheCollector
Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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TheCollector
What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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TheCollector
What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
TheCollector
Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
TheCollector
Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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TheCollector
Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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Flashbak
Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
4 months ago
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
TheCollector
Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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a year ago
Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
TheCollector
Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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TheCollector
Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
TheCollector
Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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TheCollector
Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
TheCollector
Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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TheCollector
Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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TheCollector
Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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TheCollector
A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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TheCollector
10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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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.
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
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
TheCollector
College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
9 months ago
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
TheCollector
Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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TheCollector
What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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TheCollector
How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
Flashbak
Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
8 months ago
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
a year ago
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
TheCollector
What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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TheCollector
How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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TheCollector
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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