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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
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The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
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Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
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Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
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Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
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Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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Philosopher Kings
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
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This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
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What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
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A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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Into the Waste Land
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How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
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”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
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US President or American Caesar?
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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The Story of Thebes
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Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
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Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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leleuvia
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We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
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With a few more books and a few old ideas.
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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...
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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...
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
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I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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Secret of the Stoics
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
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At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
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Too Much of Not A Lot
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Winning the day and losing the war.
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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Externalising Our Hatreds.
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Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
10 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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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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Who Was Vernon Lee?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
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Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
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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...
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‘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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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
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The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
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In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
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The True Knights Templar
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Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
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New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
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What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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Catching Nessie on Film
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Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
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Catching Nessie on Film
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Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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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...
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This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
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The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
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A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
What's it going to be, then?
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What's it going to be, then?
Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
a month ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
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The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
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Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
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There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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For the Love of the Classics
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
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Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
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One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
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You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
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Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
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Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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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
10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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a year ago
TheCollector
Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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6 months ago
TheCollector
8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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a year ago
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
a month ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
TheCollector
The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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a week ago
African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
a year ago
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
2 weeks ago
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
Classical Wisdom
Why Socrates Matters
New Event: November 22
a month ago
TheCollector
What Was the Underground Railroad?
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
11 months ago
TheCollector
6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
TheCollector
Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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a year ago
Flashbak
At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
a year ago
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
5 days ago
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
TheCollector
5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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11 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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TheCollector
What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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a month ago
History Today Feed
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
6 months ago
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
TheCollector
HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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a month ago
TheCollector
Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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2 months ago
Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
TheCollector
Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
a week ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
TheCollector
What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
TheCollector
From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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a year ago
TheCollector
Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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11 months ago
Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
4 weeks ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
Trying to Understand...
The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
TheCollector
Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
a year ago
Belief in the Ancient World
TheCollector
Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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8 months ago
TheCollector
8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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4 months ago
African History...
The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
3 months ago
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
Flashbak
Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
8 months ago
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
TheCollector
Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by...
2 months ago
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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TheCollector
Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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10 months ago
TheCollector
An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
9 months ago
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
TheCollector
What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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a week ago
Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
a year ago
Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
TheCollector
Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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9 months ago
African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
a year ago
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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a year ago
African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
a year ago
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
TheCollector
Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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10 months ago
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of the IRA
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TheCollector
How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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3 months ago
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A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
10 months ago
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
TheCollector
Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
a month ago
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
TheCollector
John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
11 months ago
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
TheCollector
7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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TheCollector
What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
10 months ago
The Antikythera Mechanism
Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
a year ago
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
9 months ago
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
9 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
TheCollector
The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
[Video] Roundtable Discussion with Mary Naples
Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
a year ago
Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
TheCollector
How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
TheCollector
What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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a month ago
Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
TheCollector
5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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5 months ago
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