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Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
TheCollector
3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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Summary of changes for January 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
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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...
3 months ago
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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When Was D-Day?
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
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Which Playwright did it better?
TheCollector
Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
TheCollector
Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories)
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
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Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
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"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
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The Essential Greeks Returns!
Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
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Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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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...
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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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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
TheCollector
9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
9 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
6 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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The Death of Clive of India
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JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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The Death of Clive of India
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Flashbak
Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
9 months ago
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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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...
8 months ago
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might have heard that Ernest Hemingway wrote a six-word short story in response to a $10 bet that so few words could make the reader cry. Hemingway won with: “For sale: Baby shoes. Never...
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Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
7 months ago
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
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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...
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
TheCollector
What Was Operation Downfall?
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History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
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The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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Classical Wisdom
Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
a year ago
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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Classical Wisdom
Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
2 weeks ago
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
TheCollector
French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
8 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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Upcoming Events
So you're in the know...
a year ago
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Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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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
Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
7 months ago
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
6 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
TheCollector
Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
a year ago
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
TheCollector
How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
5 months ago
TheCollector
Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
a month ago
Do people actually disagree that much?
TheCollector
Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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Elliott Erwitt: A Brilliant Photographer Who Took Great Snapshots
“The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt ...
a year ago
“The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt Elliott Erwitt died at his home in New York City on 29 November 2023. He leaves us with remarkable archive of fabulous photographs of the great and good, the many places he visited over...
TheCollector
What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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History Today Feed
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
4 months ago
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
9 months ago
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”
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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
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
History Today Feed
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
a year ago
Ancient Philosophy for Children
TheCollector
What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
a month ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
History Today Feed
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
a year ago
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
TheCollector
Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
12 months ago
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
6 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
TheCollector
London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
a month ago
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
TheCollector
The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Epics Collection
5 months ago
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Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
7 months ago
Mothers of the Ancient World
Classical Wisdom
Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
a year ago
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
a year ago
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
TheCollector
Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
5 months ago
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What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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Classical Wisdom
The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
5 months ago
TheCollector
The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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Plato On Knowledge
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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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...
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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...
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The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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Winged Victory
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TheCollector
Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
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Patterns in Humanity
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First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
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First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
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TheCollector
Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
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TheCollector
How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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Uxn, wrote a file browser...
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A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
a month ago
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
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What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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Classical Wisdom
Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
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How was it for the ancient ladies?
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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Flashbak
Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
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In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
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A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
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Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
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Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
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Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
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4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
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a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
TheCollector
What Was the First Written Language?
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History Today Feed
The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
2 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
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Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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TheCollector
Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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What Is the History of the Guitar?
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Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
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A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
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On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
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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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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
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What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
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Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
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It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
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Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
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How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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What Is Voguing?
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
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This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
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“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
a year ago
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
TheCollector
French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François...
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These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François Brunery (1849 – 1926), and used as the basis for his work as a painter of so-called “Cardinal Paintings”. His work depicting cardinals of the Catholic church in comical or embarrassing...
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On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
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Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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