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TheCollector
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Flashbak
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
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a year ago
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A Collection of...
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5 months ago
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What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
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The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
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6 months ago
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TheCollector
8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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TheCollector
Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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TheCollector
7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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Dr Alun Withey
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Flashbak
John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
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Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
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The Life and Work of Pheidias
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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Flashbak
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Dreams of Space -...
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So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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Classical Wisdom
Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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Classical Wisdom
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A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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Going to Pieces Slowly...
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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The Death of Clive of India
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
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A re-run from a few years ago....
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?
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No Way Out
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Some of the world's problems have no solution.
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
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Have We Become Anti-Human?
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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Does Karma Exist?
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Does what goes around come around?
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TheCollector
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African History...
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a revolution with a contested legacy.
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a revolution with a contested legacy.
Classical Wisdom
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TheCollector
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African History...
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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What Was Négritude?
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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Overcoming Bias
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What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
History Today Feed
How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
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Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
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Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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Flashbak
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Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
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Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
TheCollector
Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
Patterns in Humanity
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Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
a year ago
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
a year ago
TheCollector
Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
TheCollector
How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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TheCollector
Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
10 months ago
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
What Was Organization Todt?
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TheCollector
7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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Classical Wisdom
The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
And the Palace where it was found...
a year ago
And the Palace where it was found...
Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
a year ago
TheCollector
Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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a year ago
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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11 months ago
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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4 months ago
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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7 months ago
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The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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8 months ago
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
TheCollector
The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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3 weeks ago
Flashbak
How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
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...
11 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.)...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the...
11 months ago
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the Hellenistic army and its Macedonian phalanx and the Romans with their legions. Last week, we looked at the weapons, organization and fighting style of the Macedonian phalanx, the infantry...
Wrong Side of...
Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
a month ago
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
TheCollector
West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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TheCollector
How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
10 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
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.
History Today Feed
The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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7 months ago
TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Roman Empire Podcasts
a year ago
TheCollector
London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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2 months ago
Flashbak
‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
a year ago
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
Flashbak
Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
TheCollector
Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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3 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
TheCollector
The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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a year ago
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
Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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7 months ago
TheCollector
New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Last Call for Classical Gifts
Shipping Cutoff imminent
a year ago
TheCollector
7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
2 days ago
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
The Electoral College Explained
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TheCollector
Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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7 months ago
African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
7 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
TheCollector
Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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TheCollector
Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
9 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
TheCollector
Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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6 months ago
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Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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TheCollector
When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
a month ago
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...
Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
a week ago
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
TheCollector
The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
TheCollector
Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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10 months ago
TheCollector
William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
TheCollector
The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Introducing....Classical Wisdom Books!
Plus... Merch!
a year ago
TheCollector
Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
11 months ago
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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a year ago
TheCollector
Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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TheCollector
Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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TheCollector
Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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a year ago
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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5 months ago
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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10 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
2 weeks ago
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
Flashbak
Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
6 months ago
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
History Today Feed
The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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TheCollector
The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
4 months ago
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
Flashbak
Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
6 months ago
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
a year ago
Journey Into the Labyrinth
TheCollector
Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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a year ago
TheCollector
Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
TheCollector
Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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7 months ago
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