TheCollector
Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
5 days ago
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
TheCollector
Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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TheCollector
Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
hello fujisan
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
TheCollector
When Was D-Day?
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TheCollector
How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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TheCollector
Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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TheCollector
The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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Trying to Understand...
And Now for Something Completely Different.
Am I me? Are You you? ?
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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History Today Feed
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
3 months ago
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
TheCollector
Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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TheCollector
6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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TheCollector
10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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TheCollector
When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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3 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
10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
Which Playwright did it better?
5 months ago
Which Playwright did it better?
TheCollector
10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
2 weeks ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
TheCollector
Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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TheCollector
Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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TheCollector
7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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TheCollector
Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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TheCollector
Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
4 months ago
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
Classical Wisdom
Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
a year ago
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
Trying to Understand...
Useless in Gaza
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
a year ago
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
TheCollector
6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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TheCollector
The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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TheCollector
7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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TheCollector
How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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TheCollector
Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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TheCollector
What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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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
Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
11 months ago
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
TheCollector
How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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TheCollector
A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
3 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
TheCollector
6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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TheCollector
9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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TheCollector
How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
TheCollector
Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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TheCollector
Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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TheCollector
Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
a month ago
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
TheCollector
7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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7 months ago
Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
TheCollector
When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
6 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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TheCollector
Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Maths, Art, and the Moon
8 months ago
TheCollector
Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
TheCollector
Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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TheCollector
The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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Flashbak
Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
5 months ago
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
TheCollector
How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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TheCollector
The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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Flashbak
Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
3 weeks ago
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
TheCollector
The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
2 weeks ago
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
TheCollector
Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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TheCollector
What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
a year ago
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
TheCollector
Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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Flashbak
Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
10 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
TheCollector
How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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TheCollector
Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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Flashbak
Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
2 weeks ago
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
TheCollector
The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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Classical Wisdom
Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
6 months ago
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
TheCollector
The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
Flashbak
Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
3 months ago
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
History Today Feed
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
2 months ago
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
TheCollector
Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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12 months ago
History Today Feed
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
2 months ago
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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TheCollector
Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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TheCollector
8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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TheCollector
What Is the Ides of March?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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TheCollector
The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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TheCollector
Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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TheCollector
Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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9 months ago
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
TheCollector
Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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TheCollector
The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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TheCollector
Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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a week ago
Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
a year ago
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
TheCollector
Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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TheCollector
11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
4 months ago
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
TheCollector
Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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TheCollector
What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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TheCollector
Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Gods Vs Titans
...and the Origins of the Universe
a year ago
...and the Origins of the Universe
TheCollector
Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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TheCollector
4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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TheCollector
4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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TheCollector
The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
2 months ago
Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
a week ago
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
TheCollector
Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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TheCollector
How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
5 months ago
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
TheCollector
Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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TheCollector
12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
a year ago
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
TheCollector
Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
9 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
TheCollector
10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
TheCollector
What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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TheCollector
Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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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...
TheCollector
5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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TheCollector
‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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TheCollector
Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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TheCollector
The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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TheCollector
6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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TheCollector
4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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Flashbak
Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
10 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
TheCollector
Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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TheCollector
5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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TheCollector
What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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TheCollector
P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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TheCollector
What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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TheCollector
Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
a year ago
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
TheCollector
7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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TheCollector
How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
10 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
TheCollector
The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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TheCollector
What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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TheCollector
What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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TheCollector
Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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What Is an Antipope?
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TheCollector
9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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TheCollector
NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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TheCollector
Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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TheCollector
Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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TheCollector
What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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TheCollector
The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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TheCollector
What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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TheCollector
8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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TheCollector
What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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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...
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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TheCollector
Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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a year ago
African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
a year ago
Africa's past carved in ivory
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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TheCollector
Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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TheCollector
The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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12 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
TheCollector
First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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TheCollector
Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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Flashbak
Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
3 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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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....
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Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
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Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 weeks ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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No Women Allowed?
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
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plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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Trying to Understand...
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
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“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
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Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
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Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
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Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
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Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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Summary of changes for October
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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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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Trying to Understand...
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But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
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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...
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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...
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What Is Conceptual Photography?
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Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
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Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
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Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
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Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
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the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
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5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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What Is Populism?
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
TheCollector
Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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Who Were the Allied Powers?
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
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Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
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The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
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A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
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Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
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“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime Richard Klein, Professor of French at Cornell University and editor of Diacritics, quit smoking while writing Cigarettes Are Sublime and has been nicotine-free ever since. So do...
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Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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Who Was Vortigern?
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
10 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
TheCollector
Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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Death of the King of Siam
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
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Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
TheCollector
10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
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Count no man happy until the end is known
TheCollector
Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
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Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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Trying to Understand...
The Diversity Paradox.
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
10 months ago
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
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