TheCollector
When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
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The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
TheCollector
Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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TheCollector
Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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History Today Feed
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
TheCollector
The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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TheCollector
A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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Classical Wisdom
Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
TheCollector
10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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What Are the Romance Languages?
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TheCollector
Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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TheCollector
10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
History Today Feed
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
TheCollector
The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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Flashbak
That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
10 months ago
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
11 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
TheCollector
What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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History Today Feed
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
TheCollector
The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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TheCollector
10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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TheCollector
What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
TheCollector
How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
9 months ago
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
TheCollector
How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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TheCollector
Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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TheCollector
Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
9 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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TheCollector
1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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TheCollector
How Are Art and Science Related?
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TheCollector
What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
TheCollector
9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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TheCollector
Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
TheCollector
Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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TheCollector
5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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Classical Wisdom
What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
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Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
TheCollector
What Is an Antipope?
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TheCollector
Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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Classical Wisdom
Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
TheCollector
Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
a year ago
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
TheCollector
Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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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
How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
History and Myth
a year ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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TheCollector
Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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Classical Wisdom
The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
6 months ago
And the Boundless Universe
TheCollector
How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
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Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
TheCollector
Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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Flashbak
Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
a year ago
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
TheCollector
What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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Who Was Vernon Lee?
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TheCollector
History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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History Today Feed
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 - 15:56
TheCollector
What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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3 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
History Today Feed
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
2 months ago
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
TheCollector
Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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TheCollector
7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
3 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
TheCollector
Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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Flashbak
Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
a month ago
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
TheCollector
Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
4 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
Flashbak
Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most...
a month ago
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
Trying to Understand...
No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
TheCollector
How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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6 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
3 months ago
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
TheCollector
Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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12 months ago
African History...
A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
a year ago
demystifying an ancient African society
TheCollector
Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
11 months ago
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
Flashbak
Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
4 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
TheCollector
Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
4 months ago
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
a week ago
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
TheCollector
Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
a month ago
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
TheCollector
Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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TheCollector
Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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TheCollector
Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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TheCollector
Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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8 months ago
African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
a month ago
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
TheCollector
The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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TheCollector
What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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TheCollector
15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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TheCollector
UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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Flashbak
The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
6 months ago
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
TheCollector
Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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4 months ago
Flashbak
New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
12 months ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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TheCollector
Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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TheCollector
Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
3 weeks ago
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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Who Was Averroes?
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TheCollector
Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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TheCollector
8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
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Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
TheCollector
Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Julio-Claudians
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TheCollector
What Is an Existential Crisis?
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Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato and Atlantis
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TheCollector
Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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Classical Wisdom
Can Any Good Come From War?
The Tragedy of the Trenches
6 months ago
The Tragedy of the Trenches
TheCollector
“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
a year ago
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
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a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
History Today Feed
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
a month ago
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secrets of the Scythians
10 months ago
TheCollector
Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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10 months 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...
5 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
Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
a year ago
Some lessons from history and archaeology
Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
TheCollector
George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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a year ago
Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
5 days ago
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
a month ago
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
Flashbak
Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
7 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Anxiety
10 months ago
Flashbak
Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
6 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
TheCollector
The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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TheCollector
Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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TheCollector
The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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TheCollector
Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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TheCollector
Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
5 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
TheCollector
What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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TheCollector
The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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10 months ago
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
TheCollector
When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays
From Anya, Joel and Frida
12 months ago
From Anya, Joel and Frida
TheCollector
How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
TheCollector
Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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Flashbak
Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
5 months ago
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
TheCollector
Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
8 months ago
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
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.
TheCollector
How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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Flashbak
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
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10 London Museums You Should Visit
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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When Was the First Flight in History?
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How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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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?
TheCollector
What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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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
Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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a year ago
TheCollector
Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
a year ago
We can't get there from here, anymore.
History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
TheCollector
Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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TheCollector
What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
a year ago
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
TheCollector
Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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TheCollector
The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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7 months ago
weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
a year ago
oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
TheCollector
How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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TheCollector
Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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Flashbak
Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
6 months ago
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
Flashbak
In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
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George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
TheCollector
Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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Who Was George Hodel?
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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
Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
a year ago
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
TheCollector
7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
9 months ago
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
TheCollector
Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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7 months ago
African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
Flashbak
President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
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On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
TheCollector
How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
7 months ago
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
TheCollector
Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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11 months ago
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Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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11 months ago
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
5 months ago
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
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Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
5 days ago
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
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Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
And not just the fighting bit.
TheCollector
4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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11 months ago
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6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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