TheCollector
Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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TheCollector
9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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TheCollector
Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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The Immortals
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...and the feared Persian Army
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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...
TheCollector
Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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Classical Wisdom
Hades
The God of the Dead
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The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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TheCollector
What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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Emotions: Better Out or In?
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TheCollector
Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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History Today Feed
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
TheCollector
How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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Heracles Slays the Stymphalian Birds: The Hero’s Sixth Labor
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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History Today Feed
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
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Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
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TheCollector
10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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TheCollector
Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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Flashbak
Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
8 months ago
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
TheCollector
Why Are There Two Virginias?
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TheCollector
What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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TheCollector
Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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Flashbak
Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
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Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
TheCollector
5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
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The Life and Work of Pheidias
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The First Biographers
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...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
TheCollector
What Was Négritude?
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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TheCollector
10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
2 months ago
TheCollector
Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
3 months ago
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
TheCollector
Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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TheCollector
What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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TheCollector
Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Changing Seasons
4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
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The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
TheCollector
Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
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TheCollector
Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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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,...
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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
A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
a year ago
It's worse than you probably imagine.
TheCollector
Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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Flashbak
Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
10 months ago
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
TheCollector
Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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TheCollector
7 African Myths About Animals
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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Overcoming Bias
What Culture Can You Trust?
Star Wars came out when I was 17, and made a big impression on me; I loved it.
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Star Wars came out when I was 17, and made a big impression on me; I loved it.
TheCollector
What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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TheCollector
How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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TheCollector
The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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TheCollector
The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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TheCollector
5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
a year ago
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
TheCollector
Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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TheCollector
7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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History Today Feed
King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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TheCollector
Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
TheCollector
Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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TheCollector
Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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History Today Feed
The Death of Caspar Hauser
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Anya, Joel and Frida at the End of the World!
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Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Anya, Joel and Frida at the End of the World!
TheCollector
How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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TheCollector
What Is First Thessalonians About?
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TheCollector
Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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TheCollector
What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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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...
9 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
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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Flashbak
Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
8 months ago
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
6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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TheCollector
Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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Classical Wisdom
Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
TheCollector
1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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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.
TheCollector
Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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TheCollector
Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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TheCollector
Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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TheCollector
4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
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...
TheCollector
4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
a year ago
Three years late, but historians are always late
TheCollector
10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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TheCollector
Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
TheCollector
Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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TheCollector
Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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a year ago
TheCollector
Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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a year ago
African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
a year ago
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
TheCollector
King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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a year ago
Flashbak
Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and...
2 months ago
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
TheCollector
Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
2 months ago
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
a month ago
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
TheCollector
The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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TheCollector
Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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TheCollector
The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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Classical Wisdom
Sappho
Fragments of Poetry
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TheCollector
Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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TheCollector
Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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TheCollector
6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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Flashbak
Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
9 months ago
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
African History...
A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
Journal of African cities chapter 5
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 5
Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
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The Antikythera Mechanism
TheCollector
How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
TheCollector
What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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TheCollector
10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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5 months ago
Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
TheCollector
Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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TheCollector
The Legacy of Emperor Pedro II: Brazil’s Golden Age
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10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
CrimethInc.
The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
a month ago
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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TheCollector
Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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TheCollector
Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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TheCollector
The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
3 weeks ago
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
History Today Feed
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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TheCollector
What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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TheCollector
NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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TheCollector
Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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TheCollector
7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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TheCollector
When Did the Korean War Start?
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TheCollector
5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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TheCollector
Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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TheCollector
HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
TheCollector
The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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TheCollector
How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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TheCollector
Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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a year ago
African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 6
History Today Feed
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
a year ago
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
TheCollector
Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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a year ago
TheCollector
Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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5 months ago
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...
TheCollector
A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
TheCollector
Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Blues?
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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