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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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History Today Feed
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
4 months ago
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
TheCollector
What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
a year ago
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
Flashbak
Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
3 weeks ago
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
6 months ago
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
TheCollector
How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
TheCollector
Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
a year ago
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
11 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
Classical Wisdom
What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
TheCollector
8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
6 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
TheCollector
Who Is Kiki Smith?
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History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
6 months ago
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
a year ago
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
TheCollector
How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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TheCollector
What Was the Hanseatic League?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
TheCollector
9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
TheCollector
Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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TheCollector
How Are Art and Science Related?
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2 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
TheCollector
Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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What Was the First Written Language?
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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TheCollector
Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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weird medieval guys
Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
a year ago
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
7 months ago
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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Flashbak
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
TheCollector
What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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African History...
A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
Journal of African cities chapter 5
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 5
TheCollector
‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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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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Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
TheCollector
What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
Flashbak
Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
4 months ago
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
TheCollector
The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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Flashbak
Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
7 months ago
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
2 months ago
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
TheCollector
What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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Does Free Will Exist?
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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TheCollector
The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
Classical Wisdom
Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
Which Playwright did it better?
5 months ago
Which Playwright did it better?
TheCollector
The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories)
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
a month ago
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
a year ago
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
History Today Feed
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
11 months ago
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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2 months ago
Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
The decline and fall of the print media.
10 months ago
The decline and fall of the print media.
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