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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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a year ago
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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...
10 months ago
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
TheCollector
Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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Trying to Understand...
One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
a year ago
TheCollector
Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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Classical Wisdom
Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
7 months ago
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
TheCollector
Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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2 months ago
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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8 months ago
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
8 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
TheCollector
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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9 months ago
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7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
7 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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a year 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...
TheCollector
The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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2 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Art of the Interesting
a month ago
The Art of the Interesting
Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
8 months ago
TheCollector
Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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Flashbak
Bullshit Jobs: The Emptiness of Life In A Corporate Office
“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment,...
a week ago
“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all one would have to do would be to make him do work that was completely and utterly devoid of usefulness and meaning.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The House of the Dead From faces...
TheCollector
4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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9 months ago
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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6 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
2 weeks ago
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
TheCollector
19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
4 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
TheCollector
Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
2 weeks ago
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
TheCollector
5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
5 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
6 months ago
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
TheCollector
5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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9 months ago
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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6 months ago
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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TheCollector
Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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a year ago
TheCollector
Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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6 months ago
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Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
6 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
TheCollector
Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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11 months 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
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
TheCollector
Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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a month ago
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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11 months ago
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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11 months ago
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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7 months ago
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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a year ago
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Russian Revolutionary: Who Was Leon Trotsky?
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History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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4 months ago
TheCollector
French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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9 months ago
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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TheCollector
Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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TheCollector
Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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a year ago
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
3 weeks ago
But is there anything there?
Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
10 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
TheCollector
Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
TheCollector
Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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TheCollector
Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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8 months ago
TheCollector
An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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Flashbak
16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
2 months ago
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
TheCollector
Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
TheCollector
What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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7 months ago
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What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
9 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
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
History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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TheCollector
Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
TheCollector
Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Things Don't Always Get Better.
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
3 months ago
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
History Today Feed
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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3 months ago
Flashbak
The Prostitutes’ Gaze: The Integrity of Mid-Century Sex Workers (NSFW)
“I take photos to amuse myself” – Georges Thiry Georges Thiry (1906 – 19940 took many pictures...
a week ago
“I take photos to amuse myself” – Georges Thiry Georges Thiry (1906 – 19940 took many pictures in his native Belgium. From 1935 to 1975, he produced 40,000 negatives, almost as many contact sheets and a number of prints. His focus was on artist, chiefly Surrealists – René...
TheCollector
World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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TheCollector
Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
TheCollector
A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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TheCollector
Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
6 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
TheCollector
What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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TheCollector
Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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TheCollector
The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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History Today Feed
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
a month ago
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Spartan Training
The Ultimate Regime
4 months ago
TheCollector
The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
TheCollector
8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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History Today Feed
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
11 months ago
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
TheCollector
A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
TheCollector
What Were Gustav Klimt’s Composition Techniques?
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TheCollector
Who Was Tertullian?
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TheCollector
Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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TheCollector
The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
a year ago
journal of African cities chapter 9
TheCollector
Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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TheCollector
10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
2 months ago
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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TheCollector
What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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TheCollector
The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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TheCollector
What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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Open Culture
Famous Architects Dress as Their Famous New York City Buildings (1931)
On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York...
yesterday
On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York City. According to an advertisement for the event, anyone who paid $15 per ticket (big money during the Depression) could see a “hilarious modern art exhibition” and things...
TheCollector
Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
a month ago
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
Flashbak
Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
6 months ago
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
TheCollector
Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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TheCollector
Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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TheCollector
6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
TheCollector
Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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African History...
A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
a year ago
State and society on Africa's largest island.
TheCollector
World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
8 months ago
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
TheCollector
6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
TheCollector
The Legacy of Emperor Pedro II: Brazil’s Golden Age
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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TheCollector
Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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TheCollector
What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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History Today Feed
The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
11 months ago
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
a year ago
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
Flashbak
26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
3 months ago
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
History Today Feed
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
3 weeks ago
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
TheCollector
What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
10 months ago
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
TheCollector
The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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a year ago
Flashbak
Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
a year ago
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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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
6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
TheCollector
4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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TheCollector
8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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Flashbak
‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
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“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many inner city areas being bulldozed and instant slums being created on its outskirts. It seemed to have learnt nothing from the mistakes I had fought against during the previous decade...
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the...
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This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
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But some things are more connected than others.
TheCollector
Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
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I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
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Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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What Is an Antipope?
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
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This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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weird medieval guys
The coolest medieval woman you've never heard of
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
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Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
History Today Feed
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
History Today Feed
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
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Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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Flashbak
The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
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“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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Classical Wisdom
Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
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In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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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...
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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.
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
History Today Feed
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
Flashbak
Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
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The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sibyls
Ancient Prophetesses
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Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
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Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
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Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
7 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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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
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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JamesHoare
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
History Today Feed
The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
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Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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History Today Feed
The Election That Caused the Boer War
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JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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Flashbak
Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
4 months ago
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...
TheCollector
The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
a year ago
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
Open Culture
Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Performed by a Choir of 4,000 Singers
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from...
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Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from Toronto that meets weekly and sings their hearts out. You’ve seen them sing Prince’s “When Doves Cry,” Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” (to honor Chris Cornell), and Patti Smith’s...
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
4 weeks ago
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
11 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
a month ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
Flashbak
British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
5 months ago
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
TheCollector
Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
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The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
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An indispensable organization
TheCollector
Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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TheCollector
8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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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...
4 months ago
“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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