TheCollector
What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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History Today Feed
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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TheCollector
What Are the Five French Republics?
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TheCollector
Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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TheCollector
Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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TheCollector
Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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TheCollector
Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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TheCollector
7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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TheCollector
Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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TheCollector
Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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TheCollector
The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
a month ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
TheCollector
Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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History Today Feed
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
7 months ago
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
TheCollector
12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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African History...
The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 8
TheCollector
6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
2 weeks ago
History Today Feed
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
6 months ago
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
TheCollector
Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Anxiety
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
6 months ago
TheCollector
How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Flashbak
Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
2 months ago
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
TheCollector
Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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TheCollector
Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
a month ago
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
History Today Feed
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
4 months ago
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
TheCollector
Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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TheCollector
Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
TheCollector
What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
TheCollector
England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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TheCollector
The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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TheCollector
1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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a year ago
Flashbak
Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
3 months ago
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
TheCollector
6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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TheCollector
10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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TheCollector
Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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History Today Feed
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
5 months ago
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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TheCollector
History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
a month ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
Flashbak
Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
a year ago
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
Flashbak
At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
7 months ago
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
TheCollector
6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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TheCollector
Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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TheCollector
The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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5 months ago
Hidden History
The 1914 Christmas Truce
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous...
a week ago
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous events to come out of the First World War. Some have called it the last gasp of the chivalric age of professional militaries and gentlemen officers, to be followed by the full horrors...
TheCollector
Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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TheCollector
The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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TheCollector
Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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TheCollector
Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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a year ago
TheCollector
Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
11 months ago
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
TheCollector
Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
4 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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TheCollector
Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
a year ago
Bringing History to the Future
TheCollector
Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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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...
TheCollector
The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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TheCollector
10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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TheCollector
Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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TheCollector
Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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TheCollector
Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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TheCollector
FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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2 months ago
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
TheCollector
Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
TheCollector
When Was the First Flight in History?
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TheCollector
The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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TheCollector
How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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TheCollector
How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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TheCollector
5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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TheCollector
Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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TheCollector
Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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TheCollector
10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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TheCollector
9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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TheCollector
Who Was Walt Whitman?
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TheCollector
What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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TheCollector
Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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TheCollector
What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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TheCollector
Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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TheCollector
Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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4 months ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
4 months ago
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
Flashbak
Bullshit Jobs: The Emptiness of Life In A Corporate Office
“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment,...
a week ago
“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all one would have to do would be to make him do work that was completely and utterly devoid of usefulness and meaning.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The House of the Dead From faces...
TheCollector
8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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Classical Wisdom
Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
8 months ago
Does what goes around come around?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Animals of the Ancient World
7 months ago
Animals of the Ancient World
TheCollector
The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
Event News
a year ago
TheCollector
What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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TheCollector
What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
4 months ago
Golden Age of Latin Literature
TheCollector
Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
10 months ago
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
Global Inequality...
Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
2 months ago
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
TheCollector
7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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TheCollector
How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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Flashbak
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...
2 months ago
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...
Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
TheCollector
7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Flashbak
Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
3 months ago
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
TheCollector
Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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TheCollector
Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
6 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
TheCollector
The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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TheCollector
Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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TheCollector
What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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TheCollector
A History of the Free City of Danzig (Now Gdansk)
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TheCollector
Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Calling Time on BC and AD
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
5 months ago
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
3 weeks ago
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
TheCollector
Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
7 months ago
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
TheCollector
The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
6 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
6 months ago
Wars and ideology simplified
Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
TheCollector
Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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Flashbak
Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
a month ago
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
TheCollector
What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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TheCollector
Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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TheCollector
5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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Classical Wisdom
Upcoming Events
So you're in the know...
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Secrets of Crete
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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TheCollector
Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
a year ago
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
TheCollector
The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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a year ago
TheCollector
Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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Flashbak
Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
TheCollector
10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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TheCollector
Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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TheCollector
Who Were the Allied Powers?
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Flashbak
Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
7 months ago
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
TheCollector
Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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Flashbak
Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
10 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
TheCollector
How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
7 months ago
Mothers of the Ancient World
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...
a month ago
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...
TheCollector
What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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TheCollector
Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
4 months ago
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
TheCollector
Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
a month ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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TheCollector
Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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TheCollector
Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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TheCollector
Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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Lost Battlefield of Alexander the Great Discovered in Türkiye
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
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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...
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
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In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
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The Tragedy of Ajax
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Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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St. Nicholas
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
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The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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Global Inequality...
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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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
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Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
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We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
2 months ago
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
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Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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Wrong Side of...
Your favourite half-British president
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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The War on the Countryside
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The Shire must be brought to heel
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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What Is Russian Futurism?
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
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Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
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The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
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The Antikythera Mechanism
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Lower Manhattan in 1973
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These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
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Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
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Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
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the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
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Petra and Passports
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
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But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
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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a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
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plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
TheCollector
New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
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Another Of My Essays In French
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Overcoming Bias
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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Happy Holidays
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From Anya, Joel and Frida
History Today Feed
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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Europe's absent-minded revolution
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
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In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
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You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
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A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
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Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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Tjaart’s Substack
The curious case of the missing period
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
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When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
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A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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