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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
8 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
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demystifying an ancient African society
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
7 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
a year ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
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Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
4 months ago
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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The most interesting things I read in 2023
Most of them are not from 2023
a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
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...
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
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an African portrait of an African society
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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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...
3 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...
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
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Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
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“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
5 months ago
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
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5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
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The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
Which Playwright did it better?
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over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
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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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How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
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How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
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doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
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Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
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The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’...
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
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Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might...
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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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 …...
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
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Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
7 months ago
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
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Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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The Lost Years of Jesus
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Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
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Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
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What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
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...and the Master of Roman Comedy
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Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
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How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
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A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
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Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
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The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
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The KGB After Stalin
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
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Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
4 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
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Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
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Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
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Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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TheCollector
The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
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Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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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
Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
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TheCollector
French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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TheCollector
Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
TheCollector
The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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TheCollector
5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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History Today Feed
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
11 months ago
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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TheCollector
8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Introducing....Classical Wisdom Books!
Plus... Merch!
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Classical Wisdom
Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
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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...
TheCollector
Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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TheCollector
Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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TheCollector
Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
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The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
TheCollector
How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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TheCollector
Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
TheCollector
Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
TheCollector
Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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TheCollector
3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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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
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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History Today Feed
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
6 days ago
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
TheCollector
The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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TheCollector
Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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TheCollector
Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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TheCollector
3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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Classical Wisdom
Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
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Flashbak
In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
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“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington on his Living Room project Time to step back inside British homes in the late 1980s with photographer Nick Waplington’s Living Room series. Published as a book in 1991, the...
TheCollector
The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
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Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
Flashbak
Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
6 months ago
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Blindspots and Biographies
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Blindspots and Biographies
TheCollector
Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
a month ago
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
TheCollector
What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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TheCollector
New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
TheCollector
Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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TheCollector
10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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TheCollector
Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
4 months ago
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
Trying to Understand...
A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
TheCollector
Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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TheCollector
Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
a year ago
TheCollector
History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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TheCollector
The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
a year ago
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
TheCollector
The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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TheCollector
Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
2 months ago
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
TheCollector
10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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TheCollector
7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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TheCollector
Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
Flashbak
Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
7 months ago
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
TheCollector
Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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History Today Feed
The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
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
What is the Eye of Ra?
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TheCollector
The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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History Today Feed
Why the Organ Split the Church
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
a month ago
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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TheCollector
What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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History Today Feed
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
7 months ago
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
Classical Wisdom
Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
TheCollector
Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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TheCollector
A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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TheCollector
How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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TheCollector
Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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TheCollector
The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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TheCollector
Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
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We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
History Today Feed
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
4 months ago
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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8 months ago
African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
6 months ago
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
TheCollector
Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
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