TheCollector
The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
5 months ago
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
Flashbak
Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the...
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Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
TheCollector
6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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TheCollector
Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
TheCollector
Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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Flashbak
My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
9 months ago
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
TheCollector
What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces of news.
11 months ago
And some bits and pieces of news.
African History...
Join me on Notes
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
a year ago
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
TheCollector
Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
TheCollector
10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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TheCollector
Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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Flashbak
Leeds Kids the 1970s
Self-styled ‘Luddite photographer” Eric Milese (“relatively recently gone digital – 2011”) named the...
6 days ago
Self-styled ‘Luddite photographer” Eric Milese (“relatively recently gone digital – 2011”) named the picture below of kids ‘tobogganing’ down a dry, rocky slope in the northern English city of Leeds in the 1970s “The Cresta Run”. It is not the original Cresta Run, which is a...
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
Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
2 months ago
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
TheCollector
The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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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...
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
Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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TheCollector
What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
6 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
TheCollector
Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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History Today Feed
The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
a month ago
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
TheCollector
Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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Classical Wisdom
Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
4 weeks ago
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
TheCollector
6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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5 Women in Logic You Should Know
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
7 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
8 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
8 months ago
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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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...
TheCollector
The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
7 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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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,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
5 months ago
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
TheCollector
7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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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
Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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History Today Feed
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
7 months ago
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
History Today Feed
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
11 months ago
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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TheCollector
Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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History Today Feed
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
2 months ago
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
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...
4 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...
Open Culture
How Leonardo da Vinci Painted The Last Supper: A Deep Dive Into a Masterpiece
When Leonardo da Vinci was 42 years old, he hadn’t yet completed any major publicly viewable work....
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When Leonardo da Vinci was 42 years old, he hadn’t yet completed any major publicly viewable work. Not that he’d been idle: in that same era, while working for the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza, he “developed, organized, and directed productions for festival pageants, triumphal...
TheCollector
What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time
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“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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Flashbak
The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
a month ago
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
11 months ago
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
TheCollector
Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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TheCollector
Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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TheCollector
What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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TheCollector
What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
TheCollector
What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
4 weeks ago
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
History Today Feed
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
6 months ago
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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TheCollector
Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
Flashbak
A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
10 months ago
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
TheCollector
Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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TheCollector
Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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TheCollector
Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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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
What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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Flashbak
Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
a month ago
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
2 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Blues?
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Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
12 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
6 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
TheCollector
Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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TheCollector
Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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TheCollector
The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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TheCollector
What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
History and Myth
a year ago
TheCollector
Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
TheCollector
6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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TheCollector
Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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Flashbak
A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
2 months ago
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
TheCollector
10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
a month ago
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
TheCollector
8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
6 months ago
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
Trying to Understand...
A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
a year ago
They are quite serious, actually.
TheCollector
Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
History Today Feed
Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
7 months ago
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
TheCollector
Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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What Was Cultural Life in the Weimar Republic Like?
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
12 months ago
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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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...
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
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Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain?
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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American polarisation: part 2
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
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Should you meet your heroes?
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Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
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This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
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Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
TheCollector
Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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Overcoming Bias
Decision Selection Bias
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of...
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As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of its most technical issues, one that @metaproph3t also discussed recently: decision selection bias.
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
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“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many inner city areas being bulldozed and instant slums being created on its outskirts. It seemed to have learnt nothing from the mistakes I had fought against during the previous decade...
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
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This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
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What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
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Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
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Global power has always been distributed.
Classical Wisdom
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In Search of Homer Trip Opening
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In Search of Homer Trip Opening
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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Aeneas: Founder of Rome
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
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Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
a year ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
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They didn't know. But they know now.
TheCollector
What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
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Three years late, but historians are always late
TheCollector
Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
TheCollector
3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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Flashbak
Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
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“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
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Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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weird medieval guys
Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
a year ago
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
TheCollector
Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas
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Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
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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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
TheCollector
The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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Flashbak
The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
2 months ago
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
Flashbak
Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
8 months ago
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
TheCollector
What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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8 Things You Didn’t Know About Eva Perón
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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Flashbak
How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
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”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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US President or American Caesar?
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
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US President or American Caesar?
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Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
a year ago
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
TheCollector
10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
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British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
TheCollector
A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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Classical Wisdom
St. Nicholas
The Saint behind Santa
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Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
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Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
TheCollector
Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
2 months ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
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Immigration data kept behind closed doors
TheCollector
Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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Trying to Understand...
Useless in Gaza
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
a year ago
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
TheCollector
The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
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In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
TheCollector
What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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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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Rare Ancient Coin Collection Found in Jordan Valley
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
11 months ago
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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