TheCollector
Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
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Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
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TheCollector
Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
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The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
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'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
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I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
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Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
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a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
TheCollector
Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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Flashbak
Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
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Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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History Today Feed
The Lost Years of Jesus
The Lost Years of Jesus
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Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
a year ago
The Lost Years of Jesus
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Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
TheCollector
Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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What Is the Ides of March?
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
TheCollector
How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
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Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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Flashbak
Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
5 months ago
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
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A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
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British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
7 months ago
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
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If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
TheCollector
Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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Classical Wisdom
The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
And Most Mysterious...
2 months ago
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
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Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might...
8 months ago
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Flashbak
Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
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2 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
Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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History Today Feed
The Tudor War on Libel
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JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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The Tudor War on Libel
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
TheCollector
Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
2 months ago
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
TheCollector
What Is Thatcherism?
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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Flashbak
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
6 months ago
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
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TheCollector
$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
TheCollector
What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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TheCollector
Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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History Today Feed
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
11 months ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
a month ago
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
Flashbak
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...
6 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
History Today Feed
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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Mon, 03/11/2024 - 15:56
TheCollector
5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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TheCollector
Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
9 months ago
Flashbak
Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” –...
a month ago
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TheCollector
Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
11 months ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
3 days ago
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
TheCollector
The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Collecting Art
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TheCollector
Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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TheCollector
Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
3 weeks ago
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Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
TheCollector
The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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Flashbak
Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
3 weeks ago
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
TheCollector
Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
a year ago
History Today Feed
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
10 months ago
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
History Today Feed
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
a year ago
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
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Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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Trying to Understand...
They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
TheCollector
Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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Flashbak
Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
a month ago
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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TheCollector
Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
2 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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TheCollector
Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
2 weeks ago
But who is prepared to admit it?
TheCollector
4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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TheCollector
Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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TheCollector
What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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TheCollector
The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
a year ago
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
8 months ago
TheCollector
Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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TheCollector
Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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Flashbak
New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
2 weeks ago
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
TheCollector
Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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TheCollector
The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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TheCollector
Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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TheCollector
Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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TheCollector
What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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TheCollector
When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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TheCollector
The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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TheCollector
A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
TheCollector
5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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TheCollector
Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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9 months ago
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
Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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TheCollector
What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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TheCollector
What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
a month ago
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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Dido: Queen of Carthage
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
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In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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Gladiator Combat
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Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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LIVE Event: What is Plagiarism?
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With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
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Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
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Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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What Is Gnosticism?
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demystifying an ancient African society
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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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...
11 months ago
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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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
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“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
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Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
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plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
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A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
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From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
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The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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Summary of changes for October 2023
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Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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Beneath the Waves...
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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Summary of changes for April 2023
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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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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What Was Jim Crow?
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
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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...
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
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Death of a Turkey Legend
Death of a Turkey Legend
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Death of a Turkey Legend
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Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
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Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
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Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
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Brushing for Britain
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Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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a year ago
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
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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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Weekend Roundup
Plutarch and Pleasure
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Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
7 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
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