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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
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Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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Mole Rocket (1965)
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over a year ago
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Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
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How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
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And how does it reflect on us?
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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How Mexico Fought Franco
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Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
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It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead....
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A year that began amid genocide in Palestine and war in Ukraine and Sudan is concluding...
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Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
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Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
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Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
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Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
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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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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
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Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
TheCollector
Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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Flashbak
Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
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Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
Trying to Understand...
The Diversity Paradox.
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
10 months ago
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
TheCollector
Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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Who Was Tertullian?
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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
TheCollector
A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
a year ago
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
TheCollector
10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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Flashbak
Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
TheCollector
Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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TheCollector
8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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Flashbak
Mazes and Labyrinths: An Illustrated History (1922)
“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” –...
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“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” – Philip K. Dick, VALIS William H. Matthews leads us through his 1922 book Mazes and Labyrinths from his home in Ruislip in the English county of Middlesex. Compiled shortly...
Dreams of Space -...
Searching In Science (1965)
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also...
over a year ago
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...
Flashbak
Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
a month ago
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
Flashbak
Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and...
2 months ago
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
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Ancient Philosophy for Children
Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
10 months ago
TheCollector
What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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11 months ago
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
TheCollector
Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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TheCollector
10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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Global Inequality...
Three steps to freedom
Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
10 months ago
Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
History Today Feed
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
TheCollector
Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
2 weeks ago
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
TheCollector
Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
TheCollector
Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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TheCollector
The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
TheCollector
Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
TheCollector
10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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Classical Wisdom
Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
TheCollector
Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plutarch and Pleasure
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
8 months ago
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
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...
TheCollector
A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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African History...
a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
8 months ago
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
TheCollector
Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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Classical Wisdom
How to Give a Speech
Secrets from Cicero
4 months 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....
a year ago
“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
Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
History Today Feed
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
7 months ago
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
TheCollector
What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
3 weeks ago
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
TheCollector
A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
10 months ago
Why the liberal project will fail
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...
11 months ago
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...
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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Archaeologists Find Colorful Still Life Frescoes at Pompeii
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Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
10 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
TheCollector
How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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History Today Feed
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
a month ago
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
10 months ago
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Epics Collection
5 months ago
Open Culture
Read J. R. R. Tolkien’s “Letter From Father Christmas” To His Young Children (1925)
J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The...
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J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit. Apart from being a celebrated author, the Oxford University professor of Anglo-Saxon was also a devoted father who doted on his children. In 1920, a few short years after Tolkien...
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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5 Women in Philosophy of Science You Should Know
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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St. Nick and Saturnalia
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
Hidden History
Antarctic Snow Cruiser
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and...
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In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and field work in Antarctica. By 1939 Antarctica remained as one of the last unexplored regions on the planet. Norwegian adventurer Roald Amundsen had been the first human to reach the...
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
3 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
TheCollector
6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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6 Micronations You Should Know
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Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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