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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
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Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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Origins of Latin Literature
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...and the Master of Roman Comedy
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What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
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What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
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Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
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Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
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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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
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British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
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History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
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British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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Candles and Kalshnikovs.
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Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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In Defence of Boring Books
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Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
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Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
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Their Enemies The Russians
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But what about the rest of us?
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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What Was Négritude?
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
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Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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Centaurs and Snake-Kings
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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Why drug history?
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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6 months ago
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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a year ago
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American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
2 months ago
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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a year ago
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
7 months ago
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
5 months ago
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
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The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Your favourite half-British president
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
a month ago
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
TheCollector
Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
a year ago
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
TheCollector
How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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a month ago
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16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
a month ago
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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11 months ago
African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
a year ago
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
TheCollector
Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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a month ago
TheCollector
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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4 months ago
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
2 months ago
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
10 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
TheCollector
10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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2 days ago
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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11 months ago
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
4 months ago
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
TheCollector
What Is a Banana Republic?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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2 months ago
CrimethInc.
How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
a month ago
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a hurricane has just torn through the state,...
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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3 months ago
African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
4 weeks ago
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
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Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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8 months ago
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Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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2 days ago
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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4 weeks ago
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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8 months ago
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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2 days ago
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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11 months ago
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
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
11 months ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
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...
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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6 months ago
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?
A Collection of...
Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
3 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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a year ago
TheCollector
How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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3 months ago
Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
2 weeks ago
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
Classical Wisdom
The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
9 months ago
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
TheCollector
What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Military Geniuses From History
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9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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2 months ago
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Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
8 months ago
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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a month ago
Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
12 months ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Collecting Art
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6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
Classical Wisdom
No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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a week ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
11 months ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
St. Nicholas
The Saint behind Santa
2 days ago
TheCollector
The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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a month ago
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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a year ago
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Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
2 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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12 months ago
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
TheCollector
US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
10 months ago
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Forgotten US Presidents
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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a year ago
TheCollector
Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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2 months ago
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
3 months ago
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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a year ago
TheCollector
Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
11 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
3 months ago
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
TheCollector
Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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a year ago
TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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7 months ago
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Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
a year ago
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Tolkien and Plato
a year ago
TheCollector
Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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3 months ago
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Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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a year ago
TheCollector
Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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3 weeks ago
History Today Feed
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
11 months ago
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
TheCollector
Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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a year ago
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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2 months ago
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