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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
5 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
10 months ago
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
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7 African Myths About Animals
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How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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TheCollector
How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
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...
African History...
A complete history of Zeila (Zayla): ca. 800-1885 CE.
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
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Journal of African cities: chapter 14
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Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
11 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
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?
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
5 months ago
Without living forever in fear and worry?
Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
6 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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Overcoming Bias
What Priority The Innocent?
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
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It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
3 weeks ago
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
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Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
2 months ago
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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Flashbak
Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
3 months ago
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
11 months ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
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6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
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Weekend Roundup
Tolkien and Plato
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Plato and Atlantis
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
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The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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Flashbak
Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
3 months ago
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
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Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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Flashbak
A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
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In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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weird medieval guys
Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
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Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
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Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
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“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime Richard Klein, Professor of French at Cornell University and editor of Diacritics, quit smoking while writing Cigarettes Are Sublime and has been nicotine-free ever since. So do...
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5 Women in Philosophy of Science You Should Know
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
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And stop saying "it's not fair!"
Trying to Understand...
And Now for Something Completely Different.
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From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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Ancient Philosophy for Children
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
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Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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Flashbak
New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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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...
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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History Today Feed
Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
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Brushing for Britain
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Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
4 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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History Today Feed
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
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JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
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Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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over a year ago
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The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
And Most Mysterious...
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Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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Flashbak
Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
2 months ago
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
TheCollector
6 Most Common Ethical Dilemmas of the 21st Century
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History Today Feed
Inventing Cyrillic
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
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Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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Free Will Vs Determinism
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
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Immigration data kept behind closed doors
weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
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Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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Who Invented the Ukulele?
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Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
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Three Cabins Left
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Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
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plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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Flashbak
Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
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The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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Flashbak
In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
7 months ago
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
TheCollector
Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
10 months ago
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
TheCollector
How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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TheCollector
Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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History Today Feed
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
11 months ago
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
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.
TheCollector
What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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2 months ago
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
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JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
TheCollector
Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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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!
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