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What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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In Search of Homer
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Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
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over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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Flashbak
Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
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7 months ago
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4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
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African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
TheCollector
Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
TheCollector
Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
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6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
TheCollector
Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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Trying to Understand...
The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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What Is Voguing?
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5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
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7 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
TheCollector
Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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TheCollector
How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
10 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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Flashbak
London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
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The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
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What if the Syrians can’t return home?
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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Classical Wisdom
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The Ancient Novel
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The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
a month ago
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
TheCollector
Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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History Today Feed
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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TheCollector
What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
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A Collection of...
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Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
Flashbak
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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History Today Feed
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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Dreams of Space -...
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over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
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Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
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Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
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over a year ago
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History Today Feed
Putting Pirates on Trial
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JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
History Today Feed
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
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JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
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The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
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Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
Flashbak
Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
7 months ago
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TheCollector
Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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Classical Wisdom
Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
a year ago
TheCollector
The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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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...
a year ago
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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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
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2 months ago
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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Flashbak
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Classical Wisdom
Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
Which Playwright did it better?
5 months ago
Which Playwright did it better?
TheCollector
How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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TheCollector
The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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History Today Feed
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
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TheCollector
The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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Classical Wisdom
Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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a year ago
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TheCollector
The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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TheCollector
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
7 months ago
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Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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TheCollector
Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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TheCollector
Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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Flashbak
Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
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TheCollector
Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
TheCollector
What Are the Romance Languages?
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TheCollector
6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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TheCollector
Does Free Will Exist?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
6 months ago
TheCollector
6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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TheCollector
A History of the US House of Representatives
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TheCollector
The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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TheCollector
Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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TheCollector
Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
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TheCollector
Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
6 days ago
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
TheCollector
Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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
Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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Flashbak
The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
a year ago
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
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Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
TheCollector
The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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TheCollector
Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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TheCollector
Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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History Today Feed
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
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JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
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JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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...
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TheCollector
The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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TheCollector
Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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History Today Feed
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
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JamesHoare
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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Classical Wisdom
Ode to a Grecian Tour
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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History Today Feed
Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
TheCollector
What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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a year ago
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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10 months ago
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...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
2 months ago
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
TheCollector
Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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10 months ago
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Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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3 months ago
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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10 months ago
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
8 months ago
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
2 months ago
Plato on Political Polarization
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
TheCollector
6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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a year ago
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
a month ago
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
TheCollector
What Was Jim Crow?
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9 months ago
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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a year ago
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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7 months ago
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Events Schedule
*Time Correction for Wednesday
11 months ago
*Time Correction for Wednesday
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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a week ago
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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10 months ago
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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8 months ago
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What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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3 weeks ago
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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a month ago
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
2 months ago
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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10 months ago
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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a month ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
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Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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2 months ago
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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5 months ago
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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5 months ago
Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
The decline and fall of the print media.
10 months ago
The decline and fall of the print media.
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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2 months ago
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John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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9 months ago
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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9 months ago
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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12 months ago
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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8 months ago
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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8 months ago
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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4 months ago
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Women of Ancient Rome
The First Roman Empress and More...
9 months ago
The First Roman Empress and More...
TheCollector
An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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8 months ago
TheCollector
5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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a year ago
Flashbak
El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
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Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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a year ago
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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a year ago
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10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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12 hours ago
History Today Feed
Death of a Turkey Legend
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
2 weeks ago
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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a year ago
TheCollector
Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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9 months ago
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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2 weeks ago
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What Is the History of the Guitar?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
7 months ago
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
TheCollector
5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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a month ago
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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4 months ago
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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5 months ago
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Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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a year ago
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Performance Artist Tags Controversial Courbet Nude with “Me Too”
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7 months ago
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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9 months ago
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What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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2 months ago
Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
8 months ago
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
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Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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8 months ago
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Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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5 months ago
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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8 months ago
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Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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a year ago
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
TheCollector
What Was the Hanseatic League?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
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Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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3 weeks ago
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.
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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a month ago
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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11 months ago
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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4 weeks ago
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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a year ago
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6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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4 months ago
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Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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12 months ago
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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a year ago
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10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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11 months ago
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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10 months ago
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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11 months ago
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3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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a year ago
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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5 months ago
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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5 months ago
TheCollector
7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
a year ago
Res Obscura
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
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