TheCollector
What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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History Today Feed
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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History Today Feed
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
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...
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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
What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
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"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
TheCollector
The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
11 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
TheCollector
Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
11 months ago
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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Flashbak
Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
2 months ago
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
TheCollector
Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
2 months ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
TheCollector
10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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Classical Wisdom
Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
a year ago
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
TheCollector
British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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Flashbak
New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
5 months ago
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
History Today Feed
Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
6 months ago
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
TheCollector
Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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History Today Feed
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
11 months ago
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
TheCollector
Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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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...
TheCollector
From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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Classical Wisdom
Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
11 months ago
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
TheCollector
Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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Classical Wisdom
History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
5 months ago
A Different View of Thucydides
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
TheCollector
Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
TheCollector
Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
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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...
a week 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...
Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
History Today Feed
Euripides’ Lost Plays
Euripides’ Lost Plays
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
2 months ago
Euripides’ Lost Plays
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
TheCollector
Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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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
How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
2 months ago
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
African History...
The Meroitic script and the documents of ancient Kush (ca. 300BC-450CE)
The Meroitic writing system of the kingdom of Kush is one of the best-known, yet most enigmatic...
5 days ago
The Meroitic writing system of the kingdom of Kush is one of the best-known, yet most enigmatic scripts of the ancient world.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
2 months ago
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
TheCollector
7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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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
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
TheCollector
What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution
Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
3 weeks ago
Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
TheCollector
Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
TheCollector
The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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TheCollector
5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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TheCollector
Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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Flashbak
Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
a year ago
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
TheCollector
Anglo-French Wars: 13 Conflicts Between France & England
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The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
8 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
TheCollector
What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 27, 2024 (Year in Review)
Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year...
a week ago
Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year reflection on the state of the project, along with a brief ‘what’s on the stove’ coverage of what may be coming up. Also, here’s a cat picture: In terms of the project itself, 2024 was,...
TheCollector
Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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How Did the Islamic Golden Age Shape Knowledge and Discovery?
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
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Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
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Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Weekend Roundup
Classics Gifts!
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TheCollector
What Is Anti-Natalism?
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Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
6 months ago
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
TheCollector
British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
TheCollector
How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
TheCollector
Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
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Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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History Today Feed
The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
The decline and fall of the print media.
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The decline and fall of the print media.
TheCollector
6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
TheCollector
Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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Flashbak
William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
10 months ago
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place” – William S. Burroughs It wasn’t all writing, drug taking, walks among the mysteries, cut ups, fomenting revolution, guns and launching assaults on Soho coffee bars in a typical...
TheCollector
The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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History Today Feed
The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
History Today Feed
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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London Olympics and Tony Blair’s Decision on Parthenon Marbles
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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Open Culture
Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Kurt Vonnegut’s Letter of Advice to People Living in the Year 2088
There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters...
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There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters to the future, then publish them in Time magazine as part of an ad campaign. In fact, that time wasn’t so very long ago: it was the year 1988, to be precise, when no less an...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
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...
10 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...
TheCollector
Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
3 weeks ago
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
TheCollector
12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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Flashbak
Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
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“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
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Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
a year ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
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Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
7 months ago
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
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10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
9 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
TheCollector
What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
TheCollector
Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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Flashbak
Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
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Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
TheCollector
New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
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Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
TheCollector
Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
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Understanding political violence.
Classical Wisdom
Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
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TheCollector
Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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TheCollector
What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
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Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
Dreams of Space -...
Santa and The Space Men
It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you. Something about Santa and Flying...
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It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you. Something about Santa and Flying Saucers seems to go together like White wine and Cracker Jack. Sort of sweet and tangy and gets your attention.
Santa and the Space Men is a play for children about how Santa is...
TheCollector
Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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TheCollector
Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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TheCollector
The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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TheCollector
The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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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...
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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...
Flashbak
Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
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Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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TheCollector
Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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TheCollector
What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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TheCollector
A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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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...
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“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...
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
TheCollector
Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
5 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
TheCollector
TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Beneath the Waves...
a year ago
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
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Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
TheCollector
Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
TheCollector
What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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TheCollector
The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
TheCollector
Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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a year ago
History Today Feed
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
TheCollector
Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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TheCollector
10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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TheCollector
6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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TheCollector
Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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TheCollector
Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
4 months ago
Golden Age of Latin Literature
TheCollector
Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
9 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
TheCollector
Who Were the Kuomintang?
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TheCollector
Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
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I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
TheCollector
How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
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Please help us not to understand.
TheCollector
Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
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Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
Open Culture
Hunter S. Thompson Remembers Jimmy Carter’s Captivating Bob Dylan Speech (1974)
51 years ago, Hunter S. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, which “is still...
4 days ago
51 years ago, Hunter S. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, which “is still considered a kind of bible of political reporting,” noted Matt Taibbi in a 40th anniversary edition of the book. Fear and Loathing ’72 entered the canon of American political...
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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Flashbak
In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
7 months ago
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
TheCollector
Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
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Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
TheCollector
Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
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Immigration data kept behind closed doors
TheCollector
Who Were the Allied Powers?
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TheCollector
J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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History Today Feed
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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TheCollector
Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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TheCollector
Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
11 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
TheCollector
8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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TheCollector
How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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History Today Feed
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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TheCollector
Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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TheCollector
The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
TheCollector
Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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TheCollector
What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
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Plato on Political Polarization
TheCollector
What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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