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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...
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
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What Is Theodicy?
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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History Today Feed
Death of the King of Siam
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Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
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Death of the King of Siam
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Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
Dreams of Space -...
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Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
TheCollector
The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
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The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
TheCollector
The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
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On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
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An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
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Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
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Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
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Flashbak
A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
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TheCollector
Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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Classical Wisdom
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
a year ago
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
TheCollector
4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
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Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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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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The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
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a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Classical Wisdom
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Free Will Vs Determinism
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Flashbak
Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
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New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
4 months ago
Hidden History
The Story of the Cow
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
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The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Can Violence Be Justified? A Philosophical Approach
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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TheCollector
Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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Will There Be “Crazy” People?
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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Flashbak
Bullshit Jobs: The Emptiness of Life In A Corporate Office
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Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
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A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
TheCollector
Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter?
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Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
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...
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
a year ago
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
Classical Wisdom
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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TheCollector
What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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TheCollector
Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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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...
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Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
TheCollector
What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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TheCollector
The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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TheCollector
How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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History Today Feed
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
a year ago
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
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The Best of the Best
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TheCollector
The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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History Today Feed
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
TheCollector
A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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TheCollector
5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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Trying to Understand...
The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
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We can't get there from here, anymore.
Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
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This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
11 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
TheCollector
The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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Classical Wisdom
The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
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And the Boundless Universe
TheCollector
England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
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We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
TheCollector
The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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History Today Feed
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
a year ago
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
CrimethInc.
How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
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There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a hurricane has just torn through the state,...
TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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TheCollector
Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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TheCollector
What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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History Today Feed
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
TheCollector
New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
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The Silence of the Elephants
TheCollector
Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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Flashbak
Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
a month ago
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
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What Was Organization Todt?
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Secrets of the Sibyls
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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History Today Feed
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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Classical Wisdom
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Julius Caesar
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6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
TheCollector
The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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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...
TheCollector
When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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Open Culture
What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2025: Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner’s The Sound and...
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films,...
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History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
Flashbak
Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
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Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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Empedocles
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Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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Classical Wisdom
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Last Chance!
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Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
8 months ago
TheCollector
What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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TheCollector
Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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TheCollector
What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:40
4 days ago
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:40
TheCollector
History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
TheCollector
Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
2 months ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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TheCollector
A History of the United States Senate
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TheCollector
Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
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