A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
a month ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
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.
TheCollector
What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
7 months ago
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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Classical Wisdom
[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
Begins in Two Weeks
a year ago
TheCollector
Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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TheCollector
Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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TheCollector
Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
5 days ago
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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TheCollector
What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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a month ago
History Today Feed
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
2 months ago
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
TheCollector
Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
a year ago
Bringing History to the Future
Flashbak
See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
5 months ago
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
TheCollector
Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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TheCollector
How Did Descartes View Animals?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
TheCollector
What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
Classical Wisdom
No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
3 months ago
History Today Feed
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
8 months ago
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
TheCollector
Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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TheCollector
Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
a week ago
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
TheCollector
Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
4 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
5 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
TheCollector
7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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Flashbak
Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
a month ago
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
TheCollector
How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
a year ago
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
TheCollector
Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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TheCollector
3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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TheCollector
Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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TheCollector
The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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TheCollector
The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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TheCollector
Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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TheCollector
5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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TheCollector
Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
TheCollector
Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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TheCollector
10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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TheCollector
Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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TheCollector
When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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TheCollector
The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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TheCollector
What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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TheCollector
5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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History Today Feed
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
7 months ago
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
TheCollector
Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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TheCollector
Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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TheCollector
Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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TheCollector
The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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Trying to Understand...
And Now for Something Completely Different.
Am I me? Are You you? ?
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
10 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
TheCollector
7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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TheCollector
Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
2 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
TheCollector
How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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TheCollector
What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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History Today Feed
Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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TheCollector
Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
4 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
8 months ago
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
TheCollector
The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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TheCollector
Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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TheCollector
The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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TheCollector
10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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TheCollector
10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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TheCollector
What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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TheCollector
What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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TheCollector
10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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TheCollector
Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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TheCollector
Who Was Clement of Rome?
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TheCollector
Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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Classical Wisdom
What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
3 months ago
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
Classical Wisdom
Women of Ancient Rome
The First Roman Empress and More...
9 months ago
The First Roman Empress and More...
TheCollector
Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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TheCollector
Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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TheCollector
Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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TheCollector
6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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TheCollector
5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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Flashbak
Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
4 months ago
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
a month ago
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the...
a year ago
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
TheCollector
Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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TheCollector
How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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TheCollector
Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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TheCollector
5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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TheCollector
What Is an Existential Crisis?
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TheCollector
The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
a year ago
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
TheCollector
10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
a year ago
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
TheCollector
World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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TheCollector
Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
TheCollector
Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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TheCollector
Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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TheCollector
Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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TheCollector
A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
TheCollector
How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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TheCollector
Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Didache?
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TheCollector
What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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TheCollector
Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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TheCollector
The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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TheCollector
Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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TheCollector
6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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TheCollector
12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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Res Obscura
Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
Three theories
a year ago
TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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TheCollector
Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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TheCollector
Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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TheCollector
Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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TheCollector
The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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Flashbak
Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
3 months ago
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
4 months ago
TheCollector
British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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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
Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
3 months ago
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
TheCollector
Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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Flashbak
Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
8 months ago
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
TheCollector
Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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TheCollector
10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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What’s the History of Gin?
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TheCollector
10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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Flashbak
1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
8 months ago
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
TheCollector
Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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TheCollector
5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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TheCollector
What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
TheCollector
Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
2 weeks ago
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
TheCollector
What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Prometheus and AI?
a month ago
TheCollector
The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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TheCollector
Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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TheCollector
Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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TheCollector
5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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TheCollector
Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Flashbak
Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
4 months ago
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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History Today Feed
The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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TheCollector
Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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TheCollector
A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
TheCollector
The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
4 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
TheCollector
What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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TheCollector
Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
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"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
TheCollector
What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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TheCollector
Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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Flashbak
London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
TheCollector
Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
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We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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The Essential Greeks
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Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
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...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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What Are the Five French Republics?
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
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(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
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The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
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Origins of Latin Literature
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...and the Master of Roman Comedy
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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What is TIME? And Dates?
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A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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Weekend Roundup
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
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Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
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This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
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Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
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From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
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The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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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...
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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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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
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Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
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First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
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Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
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What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
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A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
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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...
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
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Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
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Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
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Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
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Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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What Is the Ides of March?
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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
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George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Plato Vs Aristotle
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Nature in Greek Myth
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
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An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
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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...
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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