Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
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Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
TheCollector
What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
History Today Feed
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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History Today Feed
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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Flashbak
Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
6 months ago
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
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And don't say a word about Europe.
TheCollector
10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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History Today Feed
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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History Today Feed
‘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
Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
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War Stoppers and God Makers
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
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.
TheCollector
How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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History Today Feed
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
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JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
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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...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
4 weeks ago
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
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Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
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Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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Who Is Kiki Smith?
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Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
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Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
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Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
TheCollector
12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
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Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
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From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
TheCollector
International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
TheCollector
How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and...
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“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and Sketches Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877–August 9, 1962) speaks of the search for truth and that sense of escaping into the natural world in this 1920 collection of his pros,...
TheCollector
When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
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Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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Classical Wisdom
Beyond Stoicism
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
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Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
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Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
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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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7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
TheCollector
Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
TheCollector
10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
TheCollector
What Is First Corinthians About?
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Classical Wisdom
Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Art of the Hellenistic Period
TheCollector
What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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History Today Feed
‘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
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
History Today Feed
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
a week ago
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Animals of the Ancient World
6 months ago
Animals of the Ancient World
TheCollector
Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
4 months ago
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
4 days ago
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
TheCollector
Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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History Today Feed
Calling Time on BC and AD
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5...
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“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5 September 1946 in Vsetín) is a Czech photographer best known for his documentary photography. He concentrates on documenting the rural life and people of Czech villages. His...
TheCollector
George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
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What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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Flashbak
Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert...
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“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert Mallet-Stevens In 1924, French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 – February 8, 1945) published La Gazette Des 7 Arts magazine and founded the Club des amis du...
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People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
4 months ago
Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
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What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
Classical Wisdom
Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
TheCollector
How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
TheCollector
Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
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Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
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The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
3 days ago
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
TheCollector
Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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a year ago
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Julio-Claudians
5 months ago
Flashbak
The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
6 months ago
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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Flashbak
Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
a year ago
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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a year ago
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
8 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
TheCollector
Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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3 weeks ago
Flashbak
American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
7 months ago
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
TheCollector
4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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a year ago
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
4 months ago
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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11 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
TheCollector
The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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5 months ago
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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10 months ago
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
4 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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4 months ago
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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a year ago
Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
TheCollector
Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
a year ago
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
TheCollector
Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
a year ago
And what happens when we don’t?
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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9 months ago
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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7 months ago
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Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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6 months ago
TheCollector
6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Early Bird is Ending
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
11 months ago
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
TheCollector
The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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a week ago
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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8 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
TheCollector
Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
4 months ago
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
4 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
2 weeks ago
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
TheCollector
8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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5 months ago
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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5 months ago
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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3 months ago
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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3 months ago
Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
3 days ago
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
History Today Feed
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
7 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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5 months ago
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
a month ago
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
TheCollector
Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
11 months ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
Flashbak
My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
8 months ago
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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8 months ago
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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11 months ago
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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3 months ago
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Cotton & How It Changed the World
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
History Today Feed
The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
a month ago
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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4 months ago
Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
a week ago
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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a year ago
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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11 months 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
Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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3 months ago
African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
2 months ago
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
TheCollector
Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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a year ago
History Today Feed
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
6 months ago
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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7 months ago
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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9 months ago
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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a year ago
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Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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5 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Chile
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2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
a year ago
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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3 months ago
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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a year ago
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
TheCollector
The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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a year ago
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
a month ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
TheCollector
Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
3 months ago
TheCollector
Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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a year ago
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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3 months ago
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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6 months ago
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
TheCollector
What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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8 months ago
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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6 days ago
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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TheCollector
Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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7 months ago
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