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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
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Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
TheCollector
Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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Does Marcus Matter?
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
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A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
History Today Feed
The Vienna Secession is Founded
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Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
100r.co,...
Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
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A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
TheCollector
The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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Flashbak
President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
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On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
TheCollector
What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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Flashbak
Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
5 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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What Was Jim Crow?
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
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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...
Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
Flashbak
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...
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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...
Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
5 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
TheCollector
The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
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Ancient Philosophy for Children
TheCollector
Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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Flashbak
The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
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Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
11 months ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
TheCollector
A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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TheCollector
The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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History Today Feed
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
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an island in the maelstrom
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...
Classical Wisdom
Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
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TheCollector
Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
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Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
TheCollector
10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
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A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
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News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
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The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
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an African portrait of an African society
TheCollector
Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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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
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
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This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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History Today Feed
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
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Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
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Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
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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...
Flashbak
Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
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In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
TheCollector
J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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History Today Feed
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle's Politics
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
TheCollector
The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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A Collection of...
Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
3 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
TheCollector
The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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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...
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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...
Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
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Why the liberal project will fail
TheCollector
Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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Flashbak
The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
6 months ago
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
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Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
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Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
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How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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CrimethInc.
The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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History Today Feed
Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
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Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
8 months ago
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
TheCollector
5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
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We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
TheCollector
Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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History Today Feed
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
Flashbak
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...
Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
7 months ago
Should you meet your heroes?
TheCollector
Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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Flashbak
Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
11 months ago
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
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No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
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TheCollector
What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
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Europe turns away from America.
Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
TheCollector
What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
a month ago
Do people actually disagree that much?
TheCollector
History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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TheCollector
7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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Flashbak
48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
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In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
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What Was Organization Todt?
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
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'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
TheCollector
The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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Events Schedule
*Time Correction for Wednesday
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*Time Correction for Wednesday
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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Flashbak
Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
yesterday
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
10 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
a month ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
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 Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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Classical Wisdom
Religion in the Olympics
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
4 months ago
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
TheCollector
10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
2 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
8 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
TheCollector
The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
4 months ago
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
TheCollector
Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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Flashbak
Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
7 months ago
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
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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
TheCollector
Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
TheCollector
4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
4 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
2 months ago
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
TheCollector
Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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History Today Feed
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
2 months ago
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
TheCollector
Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
6 months ago
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
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...
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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History Today Feed
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
History Today Feed
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
TheCollector
The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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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...
2 weeks ago
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
TheCollector
Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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History Today Feed
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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US President or American Caesar?
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
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US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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Classical Wisdom
Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
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Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
11 months ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Early Years of Jesus
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
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TheCollector
Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
a year ago
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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Flashbak
British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
5 months ago
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
11 months ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
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Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
11 months ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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11 months ago
Flashbak
American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
2 months ago
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
3 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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3 months ago
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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