TheCollector
What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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Flashbak
Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
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“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
TheCollector
Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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History Today Feed
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
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Flashbak
Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
a year ago
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
TheCollector
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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TheCollector
Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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TheCollector
Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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Open Culture
The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks,...
2 days ago
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
TheCollector
6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
a month ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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TheCollector
Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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History Today Feed
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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TheCollector
What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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TheCollector
7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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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...
TheCollector
What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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TheCollector
Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
TheCollector
Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
Classical Wisdom
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Celebrate Cicero!
11 months ago
TheCollector
7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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Classical Wisdom
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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TheCollector
How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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Classical Wisdom
Hades
The God of the Dead
a year ago
African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
TheCollector
The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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TheCollector
From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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TheCollector
Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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TheCollector
Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at...
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This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
TheCollector
4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
TheCollector
What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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TheCollector
The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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History Today Feed
Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
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Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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TheCollector
10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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TheCollector
A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
a week ago
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
Flashbak
People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
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“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
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And Now for Something Completely Different.
Am I me? Are You you? ?
a year ago
TheCollector
Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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TheCollector
The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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Classical Wisdom
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Mothers of the Ancient World
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TheCollector
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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Trying to Understand...
It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
TheCollector
Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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TheCollector
$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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Who Was Tertullian?
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TheCollector
Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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TheCollector
What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
TheCollector
6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
TheCollector
Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
5 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
TheCollector
Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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TheCollector
Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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a year ago
African History...
A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
a year ago
demystifying an ancient African society
Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
TheCollector
Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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TheCollector
Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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TheCollector
What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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TheCollector
7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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TheCollector
6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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TheCollector
Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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Classical Wisdom
Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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History Today Feed
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
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Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
TheCollector
What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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TheCollector
Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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TheCollector
The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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TheCollector
Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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TheCollector
The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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TheCollector
How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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TheCollector
The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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TheCollector
9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
5 months ago
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
Global Inequality...
The third framing
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
3 months ago
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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TheCollector
The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
11 months ago
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
TheCollector
Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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11 months ago
African History...
a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
7 months ago
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
Classical Wisdom
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 6
TheCollector
Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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5 months ago
Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
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a year ago
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
TheCollector
The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
10 months ago
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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TheCollector
Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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TheCollector
JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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TheCollector
Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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9 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
2 weeks ago
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
TheCollector
Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
9 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
TheCollector
Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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TheCollector
6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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TheCollector
6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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TheCollector
The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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TheCollector
6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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TheCollector
Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
a week ago
But is there anything there?
Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
TheCollector
The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
TheCollector
A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
a year ago
History Today Feed
Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
a month ago
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
TheCollector
What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
8 months ago
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
Trying to Understand...
War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
And not just the fighting bit.
TheCollector
What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
11 months ago
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
TheCollector
Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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5 months ago
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
What Was Négritude?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
8 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
TheCollector
4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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a year ago
TheCollector
The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 - 15:56
History Today Feed
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
8 months ago
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
TheCollector
What Is a Banana Republic?
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7 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
TheCollector
Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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a year ago
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
7 months ago
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
TheCollector
10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
8 months ago
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
History Today Feed
How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
3 weeks ago
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
TheCollector
How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
2 months ago
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
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 Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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8 months ago
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Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
5 months ago
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
TheCollector
Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
5 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
TheCollector
The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
TheCollector
Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
4 months ago
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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History Today Feed
King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
4 months ago
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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TheCollector
7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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Trying to Understand...
They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
a year ago
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
TheCollector
Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
10 months ago
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
TheCollector
What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
9 months ago
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
TheCollector
When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
TheCollector
Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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8 months ago
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The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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7 months ago
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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11 months ago
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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7 months ago
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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a year ago
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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3 months ago
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Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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11 months ago
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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5 months ago
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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7 months ago
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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11 months ago
TheCollector
A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
TheCollector
Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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9 months ago
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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8 months ago
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The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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11 months ago
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6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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4 months ago
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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10 months ago
African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
10 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
TheCollector
Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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Performance Artist Tags Controversial Courbet Nude with “Me Too”
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7 months ago
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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a year ago
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
a year ago
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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10 months ago
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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a year ago
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
a year ago
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
TheCollector
Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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a year ago
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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a month ago
African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on...
3 months ago
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
TheCollector
7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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11 months ago
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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11 months ago
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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a year ago
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
8 months ago
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