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The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
5 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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TheCollector
The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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TheCollector
Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
8 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
TheCollector
The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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TheCollector
Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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TheCollector
Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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TheCollector
Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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5 months ago
African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
4 months ago
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
TheCollector
Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
a year ago
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
TheCollector
HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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TheCollector
8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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TheCollector
10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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8 months ago
CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
2 weeks ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
Classical Wisdom
The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
Registration *Now* Open
9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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5 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
11 months ago
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
TheCollector
When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
3 months ago
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
TheCollector
10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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TheCollector
What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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TheCollector
Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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TheCollector
The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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10 months ago
TheCollector
When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Military Geniuses From History
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
TheCollector
How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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8 months ago
African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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10 months ago
Flashbak
László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
3 months ago
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
Flashbak
Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’...
7 months ago
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’ received by George King from space, 1954 On May 8th 1954, London taxi driver George King was doing the household chores when he heard a voice. What came to be known as “The Command”...
Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
TheCollector
Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
2 weeks ago
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
TheCollector
How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
Flashbak
Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
3 months ago
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
TheCollector
What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
4 months ago
TheCollector
A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
10 months ago
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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a year ago
Flashbak
New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
9 months ago
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
TheCollector
Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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a year ago
TheCollector
Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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4 months ago
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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a year ago
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
Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
When Was D-Day?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
9 months ago
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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a year ago
Flashbak
The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
2 months ago
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
TheCollector
4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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3 months ago
Flashbak
One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
6 months ago
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
TheCollector
The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
TheCollector
7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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6 months ago
Flashbak
A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
7 months ago
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
TheCollector
What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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TheCollector
Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
TheCollector
Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
6 months ago
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Tolkien and Plato
a year ago
TheCollector
Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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3 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
TheCollector
Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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12 months ago
TheCollector
The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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4 weeks ago
TheCollector
Did Jesus Live in India?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
7 months ago
Should you meet your heroes?
TheCollector
What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
TheCollector
Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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12 months ago
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