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TheCollector
The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction undefined
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm undefined
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor? undefined
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare undefined
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Who Were the Allied Powers? undefined
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country? undefined
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest undefined
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What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard? undefined
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest? undefined
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Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude undefined
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s) Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!  I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
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Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!  I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back. These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held? undefined
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia undefined
4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
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Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go! We left our mooring at...
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History) undefined
6 months ago
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake j.hoare Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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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;...
TheCollector
8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know undefined
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Celebrate Cicero!
11 months ago
TheCollector
Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)? undefined
7 months ago
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
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In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like? undefined
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations undefined
a year ago
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Weekend Roundup Plato and Atlantis
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk undefined
a year ago
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Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids undefined
4 months ago
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Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block undefined
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know undefined
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review ‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review j.hoare Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire undefined
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism? undefined
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist undefined
7 months ago
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible? undefined
2 weeks ago
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion undefined
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World? undefined
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Columbine 25 Years On Columbine 25 Years On JamesHoare Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
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Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM undefined
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning undefined
9 months ago
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919 undefined
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art undefined
6 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
TheCollector
Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea? undefined
6 months ago
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The Vienna Secession is Founded The Vienna Secession is Founded JamesHoare Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
8 months ago
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What Is Appropriation in Art? undefined
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work undefined
9 months ago
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King undefined
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Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism? Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
11 months ago
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Weekend Roundup The Essential Greeks Returns!
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weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon! oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
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TheCollector
A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s undefined
a year ago
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations undefined
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History undefined
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals undefined
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self undefined
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These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites undefined
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Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman undefined
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test? undefined
2 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
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This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me? First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
TheCollector
The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past undefined
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI undefined
7 months ago
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy? undefined
10 months ago
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The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas undefined
a year ago
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure JamesHoare Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking? undefined
9 months ago
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars? undefined
a month ago
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6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim undefined
2 weeks ago
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff undefined
a year ago
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels? undefined
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Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending. But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
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Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances. Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
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Flashbak
Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
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The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art undefined
a year ago
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III undefined
8 months ago
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What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John? undefined
a year ago
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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent? undefined
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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship? undefined
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period? undefined
a year ago
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur? undefined
a year ago
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess Babylon’s Mystery Goddess JamesHoare Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa? undefined
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What Is Solipsism? undefined
a year ago
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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936 Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
TheCollector
The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons undefined
3 months ago
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir? undefined
a year ago
Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine... “It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
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“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
TheCollector
The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis undefined
a year ago
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What Does It Take to Become a US President? undefined
3 months ago
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy undefined
11 months ago
Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
TheCollector
Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet? undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils JamesHoare Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible? undefined
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation undefined
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained undefined
11 months ago
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing undefined
a year ago
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890 undefined
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age undefined
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum undefined
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation undefined
4 months ago
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The Search for the Historical Buddha The Search for the Historical Buddha j.hoare Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
TheCollector
Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts? undefined
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Flashbak
‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
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In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1 Books of the Year 2024: Part 1 JamesHoare Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
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TheCollector
Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce undefined
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church undefined
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity undefined
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What Is the History Behind Hanukkah? undefined
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
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10 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
TheCollector
7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About undefined
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness undefined
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
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This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
TheCollector
Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible? undefined
5 months ago
History Today Feed
How ASEAN Lost its Way How ASEAN Lost its Way JamesHoare Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
11 months ago
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion j.hoare Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review ‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review JamesHoare Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
2 months ago
TheCollector
Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg? undefined
6 months ago
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How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt) undefined
2 months ago
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs JamesHoare Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
7 months ago
TheCollector
Where Is Alexander the Great Buried? undefined
7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country. A book review from the future.
5 months ago
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign? undefined
9 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
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Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
TheCollector
Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles undefined
a year ago
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A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London undefined
9 months ago
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire undefined
a year ago
African History...
a brief note on themes in African art. Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
5 months ago
TheCollector
Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s undefined
8 months ago
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races undefined
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Artemisia of Caria Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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TheCollector
Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference? undefined
a year ago
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)? undefined
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Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
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I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
TheCollector
Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More undefined
10 months ago
Flashbak
Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
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According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
TheCollector
What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US? undefined
2 months ago
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool undefined
9 months ago
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement undefined
a year ago
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield undefined
11 months ago
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Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art undefined
11 months ago
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Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings undefined
3 months ago
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage undefined
3 months ago
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic JamesHoare Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Look at History? Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
9 months ago
TheCollector
What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts undefined
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas undefined
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Flashbak
A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
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This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
TheCollector
6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography undefined
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography? undefined
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Hidden History
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...
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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...
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...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of 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...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Aristotle's Politics
3 months ago
TheCollector
French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis undefined
10 months ago
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome? undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Battle of the Historians
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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,...
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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...
Flashbak
Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln “I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
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“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln     The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
TheCollector
5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know undefined
5 months ago
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology) undefined
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact undefined
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CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
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In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist. It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup The Lives of Exiles
9 months ago
TheCollector
4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World undefined
a year ago
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The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection) undefined
4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook. Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
TheCollector
Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy? undefined
6 months ago
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch undefined
9 months ago
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The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know undefined
2 months ago
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview undefined
a year ago
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How to Read Film Like a Language undefined
a month ago
History Today Feed
Brushing for Britain Brushing for Britain JamesHoare Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 ) “ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’ A re-run from a few years ago....
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“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’ A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
TheCollector
Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests undefined
a year ago
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade undefined
5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Things Are Falling Apart ... And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
Flashbak
Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
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During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh.   When I was just a baby my mama told...
TheCollector
Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters? undefined
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru undefined
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem undefined
5 months ago
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law Reforming England’s Divorce Law JamesHoare Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
9 months ago
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson undefined
a year ago
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place? undefined
5 months ago
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008 undefined
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Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965 We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
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11 months ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
TheCollector
Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals undefined
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Searching In Science (1965) To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also...
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To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also issued booklets of content. These were more astronomy than manned space flight but also had some very nice illustrations. The Moon The Milky Way and The...
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What Is the History of the Guitar? undefined
10 months ago
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5 Military Geniuses From History undefined
9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here? That's a good question.
a year ago
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics undefined
a year ago
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age undefined
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The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
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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...
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Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
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Man-Made Moons (1960) Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
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Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
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“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera     Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
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In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
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For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
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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...
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Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 –  2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
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“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming     Many … Continue reading "Dear...
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Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
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