TheCollector
8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
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This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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On Troy, King Arthur and the Flood of Noah
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
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48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
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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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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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Ben Franklin in Politics: The Founding Father Who Was Never President
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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Trying to Understand...
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Ancient Greek Astronomy
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UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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CrimethInc.
Sacrificial Violence and Retribution
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way...
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In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way to understand the different forms of violence that are coming to the fore in our society right now. In the appendix, we offer an incomplete roundup of various responses to the...
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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Virgil and the Aeneid
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
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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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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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There is no exit for dictators
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In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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Patterns in Humanity
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Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
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The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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Flashbak
Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
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In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
Classical Wisdom
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***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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What is the Soul?
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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The Many Roads to Rome
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New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
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over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
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Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
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Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
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Confessions from a Classics Lover
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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History Today Feed
Calling Time on BC and AD
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Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
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the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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History Today Feed
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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Flashbak
Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
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History Today Feed
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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TheCollector
Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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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...
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The Birth of Ovid
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Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
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New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 27, 2024 (Year in Review)
Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year...
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History Today Feed
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
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TheCollector
Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
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Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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The Art of Pompeii
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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A Brief History of Chile
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‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
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Mon, 12/23/2024 - 10:26
Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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History Today Feed
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
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TheCollector
7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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Flashbak
Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the...
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TheCollector
How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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weird medieval guys
The coolest medieval woman you've never heard of
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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African History...
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History Today Feed
How French Was Medieval England?
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
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10 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
2 months ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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Trying to Understand...
Useless in Gaza
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
a year ago
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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Elliott Erwitt: A Brilliant Photographer Who Took Great Snapshots
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Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
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Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
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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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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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What Was Dante’s Political Philosophy?
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CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
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In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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Do Coincidences Mean Anything? Exploring Carl Jung’s Notion of Synchronicity
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
Classical Wisdom
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Golden Age of Latin Literature
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What Was Négritude?
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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The World's First Computer
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
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What Is the History of the Guitar?
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
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You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
a year ago
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their encyclopedia. It was also a nice "free" classroom supplement for teachers trying to teach about the coming space age.
This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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Global Inequality...
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The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
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The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
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12 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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Monsters of Mythology
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Myths and Metamorphoses
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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Classical Wisdom
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Secret of the Stoics
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The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
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And Her Controversial Religion
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
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German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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History Today Feed
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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What Is Voguing?
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Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
a year ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
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An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
11 months ago
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
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In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
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Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
6 months ago
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
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