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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
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Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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Words and Worlds: Does Language Shape Our Reality?
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
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The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
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We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
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Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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How to Save Democracy
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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What Was Négritude?
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
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Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
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Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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Should We Be Skeptics?
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Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
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Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less because they’re motivated by the belief in any particular deity than by how much time and money they now require to complete. Take New York’s Second Avenue subway, whose less than...
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Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
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5 Women in Philosophy of Mind You Should Know
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Dreams of Space -...
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To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
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Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
a year ago
It's worse than you probably imagine.
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
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6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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What Was the First Written Language?
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Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
7 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
TheCollector
Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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7 months ago
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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2 months ago
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
A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
12 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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History Today Feed
Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
2 weeks ago
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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...
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Early Bird is Ending
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
12 months ago
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
TheCollector
Ben Franklin in Politics: The Founding Father Who Was Never President
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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10 months ago
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
First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
9 months ago
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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5 months ago
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Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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6 months ago
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
We Are All Civilisational States
It's just that some people don't realise it.
a year ago
It's just that some people don't realise it.
TheCollector
Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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9 months ago
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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5 months ago
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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11 months ago
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
6 months ago
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
a year ago
They are quite serious, actually.
TheCollector
The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
a year ago
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
TheCollector
What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
a year ago
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
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...
TheCollector
What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
2 months ago
Plato on Political Polarization
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
a month ago
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
History Today Feed
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
What Are the Romance Languages?
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TheCollector
The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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3 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Introducing....Classical Wisdom Books!
Plus... Merch!
a year ago
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...
8 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...
TheCollector
The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
History Today Feed
The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
a month ago
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
8 months ago
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
TheCollector
Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
TheCollector
10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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Flashbak
Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
5 months ago
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
TheCollector
10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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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
Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
10 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
TheCollector
How Did Descartes View Animals?
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TheCollector
What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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4 months ago
African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
7 months ago
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
10 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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...
TheCollector
The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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a year ago
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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7 months ago
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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6 months ago
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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11 months ago
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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4 months ago
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Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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9 months ago
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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TheCollector
Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
a year ago
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
TheCollector
The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
8 months ago
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
TheCollector
Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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8 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
a month ago
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
TheCollector
Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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9 months ago
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
12 months ago
Open Culture
Laurie Anderson’s Mind-Blowing Performance of C. P. Cavafy’s Poems “Waiting for the Barbarians” &...
In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as...
29 minutes ago
In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as being “set in ancient Rome.” That’s a reasonable interpretation, given that it contains an emperor, senators, and orators, though Cavafy himself said that none of them are...
History Today Feed
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
5 months ago
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
Flashbak
Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
3 months ago
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
TheCollector
10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
a year ago
TheCollector
What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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6 months ago
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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a year ago
Open Culture
What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2025: Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner’s The Sound and...
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films,...
2 days ago
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films, musical compositions, sound recordings, works of art, and other pieces of intellectual property. This year happens to be an especially notable one for connoisseurs of Belgian...
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