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Ode to the Giants
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Origins of Stoicism
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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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...
10 months ago
“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...
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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African History...
A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
Journal of African cities chapter 5
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Journal of African cities chapter 5
TheCollector
9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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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...
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A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
11 months ago
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
TheCollector
Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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TheCollector
How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
TheCollector
New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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2 months ago
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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a year ago
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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7 African Myths About Animals
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
Flashbak
John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
TheCollector
Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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Flashbak
East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
8 months ago
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
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On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
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Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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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.
African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
a year ago
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
TheCollector
10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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History Today Feed
The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
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Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
6 months ago
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
TheCollector
6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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Classical Wisdom
How to Give a Speech
Secrets from Cicero
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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History Today Feed
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Lost and Found
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TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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TheCollector
Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
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a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
TheCollector
Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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Classical Wisdom
What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
2 months ago
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
TheCollector
Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
TheCollector
What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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TheCollector
Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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8 months ago
Flashbak
In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
2 months ago
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington on his Living Room project Time to step back inside British homes in the late 1980s with photographer Nick Waplington’s Living Room series. Published as a book in 1991, the...
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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TheCollector
10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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Flashbak
The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
a month ago
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
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Europe's absent-minded revolution
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Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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TheCollector
17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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10 months ago
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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History Today Feed
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
TheCollector
Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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Classical Wisdom
Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
a year ago
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
a month ago
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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TheCollector
The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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TheCollector
Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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Classical Wisdom
Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
a year ago
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
TheCollector
Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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TheCollector
What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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TheCollector
The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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7 months ago
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
New Cabins *NOW* Available
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New Cabins *NOW* Available
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