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How Iran Won the West
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
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Mazes and Labyrinths: An Illustrated History (1922)
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over a year ago
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https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
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I...
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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Flashbak
In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
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Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
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Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
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It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
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U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
3 weeks ago
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
Classical Wisdom
Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
TheCollector
What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
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an African portrait of an African society
TheCollector
Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
TheCollector
Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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History Today Feed
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
TheCollector
How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
TheCollector
6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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Archaeologists Find Colorful Still Life Frescoes at Pompeii
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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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...
10 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...
TheCollector
10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
a year ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
History Today Feed
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
8 months ago
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
TheCollector
Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
2 months ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
History Today Feed
The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
How Did Descartes View Animals?
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
7 months ago
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
TheCollector
Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the 43 Group?
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
10 months ago
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at...
4 months ago
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
TheCollector
What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
3 weeks ago
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
Flashbak
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...
2 months ago
“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 …...
TheCollector
What Is Appropriation in Art?
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Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
a year ago
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
2 months ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
TheCollector
The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
2 weeks ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
TheCollector
Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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Flashbak
One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
9 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
4 months ago
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
3 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
4 weeks ago
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
TheCollector
What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
TheCollector
The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
a year ago
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Secrets of Crete
a year ago
Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
a month ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
TheCollector
History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
TheCollector
What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
TheCollector
6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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a year ago
Flashbak
Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
6 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
TheCollector
Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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a year ago
weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
a year ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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7 months ago
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