Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
History Today Feed
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
a month ago
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
TheCollector
Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
5 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
TheCollector
5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
11 months ago
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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8 months ago
Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
a month ago
An indispensable organization
TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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TheCollector
Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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TheCollector
Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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TheCollector
5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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TheCollector
Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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TheCollector
How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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a month ago
TheCollector
4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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a month ago
TheCollector
Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
7 months ago
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
TheCollector
Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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TheCollector
Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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8 months ago
Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
a year ago
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
Classical Wisdom
On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
Event News
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Animals of the Ancient World
6 months ago
Animals of the Ancient World
TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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a year ago
History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
2 weeks ago
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
TheCollector
Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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TheCollector
5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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TheCollector
Who Were the Pilgrims?
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TheCollector
David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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Flashbak
American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
7 months ago
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
a year ago
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
TheCollector
10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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TheCollector
What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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TheCollector
Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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TheCollector
The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
4 months ago
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
10 months ago
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
TheCollector
What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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TheCollector
Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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TheCollector
Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
10 months ago
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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TheCollector
Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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5 months 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...
3 days ago
“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...
Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
a year ago
It's worse than you probably imagine.
TheCollector
What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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TheCollector
How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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TheCollector
The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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Flashbak
Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
3 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
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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
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
TheCollector
4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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TheCollector
Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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TheCollector
Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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TheCollector
10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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TheCollector
Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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TheCollector
10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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TheCollector
Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
a year ago
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
Flashbak
Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
TheCollector
What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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TheCollector
What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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TheCollector
Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
3 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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TheCollector
Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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TheCollector
How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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TheCollector
More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
10 months ago
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
TheCollector
Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
a year ago
Journey Into the Labyrinth
TheCollector
Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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TheCollector
10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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TheCollector
Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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TheCollector
What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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TheCollector
Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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TheCollector
What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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TheCollector
What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
a month ago
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
TheCollector
The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
5 months ago
A book review from the future.
TheCollector
Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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TheCollector
Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
2 months ago
History Today Feed
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
4 months ago
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
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...
TheCollector
7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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TheCollector
Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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TheCollector
Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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TheCollector
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
a month ago
Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
2 weeks ago
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
Flashbak
Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
6 months ago
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
TheCollector
What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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TheCollector
London Olympics and Tony Blair’s Decision on Parthenon Marbles
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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TheCollector
4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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TheCollector
Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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Classical Wisdom
The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
6 months ago
And the Boundless Universe
History Today Feed
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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5 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
TheCollector
What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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TheCollector
What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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TheCollector
Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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TheCollector
Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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8 months ago
Flashbak
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
Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Secrets of Crete
a year ago
TheCollector
444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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TheCollector
Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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TheCollector
10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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TheCollector
Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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TheCollector
Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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TheCollector
8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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TheCollector
What is Appalachian Culture?
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History Today Feed
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love, love, love
10 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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TheCollector
Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
a year ago
TheCollector
3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
9 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
TheCollector
5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
a week ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
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...
TheCollector
Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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TheCollector
Who Was George Eliot?
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History Today Feed
King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
4 months ago
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
2 weeks ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
TheCollector
Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
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...
TheCollector
Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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TheCollector
Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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TheCollector
A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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History Today Feed
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
2 months ago
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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TheCollector
The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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TheCollector
7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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TheCollector
How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
a year ago
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
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.
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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History Today Feed
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
a year ago
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
TheCollector
Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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TheCollector
How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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TheCollector
Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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TheCollector
Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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a year ago
Flashbak
Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
7 months ago
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
TheCollector
The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French...
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The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
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But what about the rest of us?
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
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Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
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A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
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Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
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Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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Do You Believe in Magic?
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The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
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Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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The Story of Thebes
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From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
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Seneca On Clemency
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How Iran Won the West
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
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We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
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A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
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Here are a few modest ideas.
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Who Was Eusebius?
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Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
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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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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
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“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’ received by George King from space, 1954 On May 8th 1954, London taxi driver George King was doing the household chores when he heard a voice. What came to be known as “The Command”...
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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African History...
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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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...
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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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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
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A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844. “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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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...
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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...
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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Kikkuli!
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Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
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To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
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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...
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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
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Journal of African cities chapter 6
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
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It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
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Is it good to question everything?
History Today Feed
The Value of Wills to Historians
The Value of Wills to Historians
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Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
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The Value of Wills to Historians
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Summary of changes for February 2023
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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Summary of changes for June 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 June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
a year ago
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
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A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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