TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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...
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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What Is Capoeira?
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
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“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
7 months ago
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
Trying to Understand...
The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
2 weeks ago
But who is prepared to admit it?
Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
10 months ago
The Antikythera Mechanism
TheCollector
Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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TheCollector
May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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Classical Wisdom
On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
Event News
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
8 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
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TheCollector
Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
2 months ago
TheCollector
Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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Beyond Stoicism
New Event: January 7th, 2025
6 days ago
New Event: January 7th, 2025
TheCollector
Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
a month ago
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
TheCollector
The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
6 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
8 months ago
African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
a year ago
Africa's past carved in ivory
TheCollector
10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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TheCollector
British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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TheCollector
11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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TheCollector
Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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TheCollector
The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
a year ago
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
TheCollector
Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
3 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
TheCollector
5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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TheCollector
Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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TheCollector
A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
a month ago
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
TheCollector
Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
a month ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
5 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
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...
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
TheCollector
The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
5 months ago
Count no man happy until the end is known
TheCollector
Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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TheCollector
The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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Flashbak
Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
9 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
TheCollector
Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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TheCollector
Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
7 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
TheCollector
The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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TheCollector
10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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TheCollector
How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
8 months ago
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
4 months ago
TheCollector
Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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TheCollector
Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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TheCollector
Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
a year ago
...and the feared Persian Army
TheCollector
Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
2 weeks ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
a month ago
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
TheCollector
Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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TheCollector
Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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TheCollector
The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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Flashbak
Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
3 months ago
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
TheCollector
Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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Flashbak
Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
6 months ago
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
TheCollector
Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
a month ago
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
TheCollector
What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
TheCollector
6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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TheCollector
When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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TheCollector
The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
6 months ago
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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...
History Today Feed
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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History Today Feed
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
a month ago
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
TheCollector
When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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TheCollector
Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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TheCollector
Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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Flashbak
British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
5 months ago
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
TheCollector
Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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TheCollector
Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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TheCollector
Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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TheCollector
Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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TheCollector
10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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TheCollector
Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
TheCollector
4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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African History...
a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
a year ago
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
TheCollector
Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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TheCollector
Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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TheCollector
Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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TheCollector
Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
12 months ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
7 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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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
The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
2 days ago
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
TheCollector
The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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TheCollector
What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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Flashbak
How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
2 weeks ago
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
TheCollector
Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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TheCollector
10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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TheCollector
The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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Flashbak
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...
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
TheCollector
Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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TheCollector
How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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TheCollector
Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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Flashbak
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...
TheCollector
What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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What Was Jim Crow?
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Classical Wisdom
St. Nicholas
The Saint behind Santa
2 days ago
TheCollector
Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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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...
TheCollector
The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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TheCollector
Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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TheCollector
What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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TheCollector
The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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Flashbak
Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
a month ago
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
TheCollector
Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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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
Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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6 months ago
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...
TheCollector
6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
TheCollector
How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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TheCollector
7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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TheCollector
7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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Classical Wisdom
Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
Which Playwright did it better?
5 months ago
Which Playwright did it better?
TheCollector
What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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2 months ago
Flashbak
The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
7 months ago
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
TheCollector
6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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TheCollector
7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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TheCollector
Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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TheCollector
What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
2 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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3 months ago
TheCollector
8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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TheCollector
Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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2 weeks ago
History Today Feed
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
Classical Wisdom
Hades
The God of the Dead
a year ago
TheCollector
Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
3 months ago
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
11 months ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
TheCollector
Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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TheCollector
French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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TheCollector
What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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TheCollector
7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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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...
African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
6 months ago
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
TheCollector
How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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TheCollector
What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
4 months ago
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
TheCollector
Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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4 months ago
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
8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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4 months ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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a year ago
African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
TheCollector
The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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9 months ago
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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TheCollector
Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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4 months ago
Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
3 months ago
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
Flashbak
Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
3 months ago
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
TheCollector
Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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TheCollector
4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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12 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
TheCollector
Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
11 months ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
a year ago
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
TheCollector
Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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TheCollector
The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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a year ago
African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
a month ago
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
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
Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the...
a year ago
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
TheCollector
What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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a month ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
11 months ago
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
TheCollector
10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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TheCollector
Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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a year ago
TheCollector
Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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11 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
a week ago
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
TheCollector
How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
6 months ago
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
TheCollector
Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
a month ago
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
TheCollector
What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
a year ago
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
TheCollector
Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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TheCollector
7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
2 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
a month ago
Do people actually disagree that much?
History Today Feed
The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
8 months ago
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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TheCollector
Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
Flashbak
People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
5 months ago
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
TheCollector
Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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TheCollector
Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
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...
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