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TheCollector
The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III undefined
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How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World? undefined
a year ago
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For? undefined
a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
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This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams undefined
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference? undefined
a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Twitter's White Terror era The Vibe Shift comes to Britain
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Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art undefined
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Flashbak
Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021 Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
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Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
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What Was the League of Cambrai? undefined
4 days ago
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting undefined
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits? undefined
11 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status “All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life? undefined
a year ago
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades? undefined
11 months ago
Flashbak
Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
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In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
Open Culture
How A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Its Beloved Soundtrack Album, Almost Never Happened A Charlie Brown Christmas uses a cast of amateur child voice actors, deals with the theme of...
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A Charlie Brown Christmas uses a cast of amateur child voice actors, deals with the theme of seasonal depression, and culminates in the recitation of a Bible verse, all to a jazz score. It was not, safe to say, the special that CBS had expected, to say nothing of its sponsor, the...
TheCollector
How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa? undefined
3 months ago
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo undefined
3 months ago
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races undefined
3 months ago
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A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris undefined
a year ago
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop? undefined
10 months ago
weird medieval guys
Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Art Through the Ages
4 months ago
African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
9 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...
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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
Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel undefined
a year ago
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin undefined
a year ago
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators JamesHoare Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
TheCollector
Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire undefined
a year ago
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The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas undefined
a year ago
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones undefined
7 months ago
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Weekend Roundup The Ancient Novel
a year ago
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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch? undefined
a year ago
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes undefined
a year ago
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus? undefined
8 months ago
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“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr. undefined
8 months ago
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James? undefined
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Flashbak
In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s “Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
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“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington on his Living Room project     Time to step back inside British homes in the late 1980s with photographer Nick Waplington’s Living Room series. Published as a book in 1991, the...
Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
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I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
TheCollector
An Introduction to the Ethics of Care undefined
6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
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It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks. Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel. I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
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I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
TheCollector
Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics undefined
a year ago
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence undefined
a year ago
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic? Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
8 months ago
Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019 It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
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It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
TheCollector
Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts) undefined
a month ago
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed undefined
4 months ago
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders? Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
a year ago
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What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance? undefined
7 months ago
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever undefined
4 months ago
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice undefined
9 months ago
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President? undefined
2 months ago
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series undefined
9 months ago
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What Caused the Dancing Plague? undefined
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Celebrate MLK with 'Agape' How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
12 months ago
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco undefined
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Flashbak
Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos “As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
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“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz     We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
TheCollector
The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona? undefined
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...
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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...
History Today Feed
The Search for the Historical Buddha The Search for the Historical Buddha j.hoare Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Ukrainian Virtual Museums to Visit From the Comfort of Your Home undefined
5 days ago
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10 Must-Visit Historic Ski Towns in the US undefined
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What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For? undefined
11 months ago
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE) undefined
a year ago
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI undefined
4 months ago
Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor? Stock vs flow approach.
9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968) I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
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I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
TheCollector
How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism? undefined
3 months ago
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered” undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism undefined
a year ago
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues undefined
2 months ago
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature undefined
5 months ago
weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
TheCollector
Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain undefined
a year ago
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How Did Romania Become a Country? undefined
3 months ago
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated undefined
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Early Bird is Ending Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters? undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry? undefined
11 months ago
Flashbak
London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s “As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm   Dorothy Bohm...
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“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm   Dorothy Bohm (22 June 1924 – 15 March 2023) was born Dorothea Israelit in June 1924 in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), to a Jewish German-speaking family. In 1939 she was...
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
TheCollector
Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism undefined
a year ago
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures? undefined
8 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
2 months ago
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution undefined
11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963) A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
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A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets. Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives? How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
TheCollector
Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium undefined
5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great More than a Villain
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Two Trojan Wars Secret Origins
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night? undefined
a year ago
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East? undefined
a year ago
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World” undefined
12 months ago
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe undefined
6 months ago
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre? undefined
4 months ago
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory? undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure “We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
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“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place” – William S. Burroughs   It wasn’t all writing, drug taking, walks among the mysteries, cut ups, fomenting revolution, guns and launching assaults on Soho coffee bars in a typical...
TheCollector
Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)? undefined
9 months ago
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Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic undefined
6 months ago
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement undefined
9 months ago
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery” undefined
2 months ago
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese? undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Einhard the Historian The Death of Einhard the Historian JamesHoare Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
10 months ago
TheCollector
Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Three Cabins Left Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
11 months ago
History Today Feed
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts JamesHoare Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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How ASEAN Lost its Way How ASEAN Lost its Way JamesHoare Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
11 months ago
TheCollector
What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece? undefined
a month ago
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know undefined
6 months ago
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...
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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...
Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
a month ago
Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic Cato and Caesar
a year ago
TheCollector
8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists undefined
9 months ago
Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
6 months ago
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists undefined
5 months ago
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...
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7 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...
Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968) The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
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This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
TheCollector
Why Is Pompeii So Important? undefined
6 months ago
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million undefined
8 months ago
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins undefined
4 months ago
Open Culture
Explore the Newly-Launched Public Domain Image Archive with 10,000+ Free Historical Images We’ve often featured the work of the Public Domain Review here on Open Culture, and also various...
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We’ve often featured the work of the Public Domain Review here on Open Culture, and also various searchable copyright-free image databases that have arisen over the years. It makes sense that those two worlds would collide, and now they’ve done so in the form of the just-launched...
TheCollector
An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan undefined
7 months ago
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders undefined
6 months ago
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What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog? undefined
5 months ago
Flashbak
Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s “Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
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“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
TheCollector
What Is the History of Hipster Culture? undefined
2 months ago
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What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)? undefined
2 months ago
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3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology undefined
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ode to a Grecian Tour Seats Still Available
3 weeks ago
History Today Feed
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review ‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review JamesHoare Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
8 months ago
TheCollector
Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M. undefined
a year ago
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority undefined
8 months ago
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism? undefined
3 months ago
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing undefined
11 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
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This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
Global Inequality...
“To the Finland Station” Trump as a tool of history
3 days ago
TheCollector
Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained undefined
4 weeks ago
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame? undefined
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960) So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
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So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
TheCollector
The Popol Vuh: A Maya Myth Told in Dance and Song undefined
3 days ago
Flashbak
Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book “I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
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“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
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Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
TheCollector
The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin? undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73) Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
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Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of  cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too.   Raninet...
TheCollector
What Are the Romance Languages? undefined
a year ago
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism? undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey undefined
a year ago
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact? undefined
a month ago
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq undefined
11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library. Oekaki, optimized and...
Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia Greek or Roman?
3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
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We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking? undefined
9 months ago
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film? undefined
4 months ago
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Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M. undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Quick Notification In Search of Homer
2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here? That's a good question.
a year ago
TheCollector
British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History undefined
7 months ago
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History? undefined
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Flashbak
42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61) The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
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The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
Trying to Understand...
They Say They Want Rearmament .... We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023 No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
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No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
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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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Continue Reading
TheCollector
Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts? undefined
11 months ago
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time undefined
2 months ago
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Secret Renaissance Passageway Reopens in Florence undefined
2 weeks ago
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology? undefined
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What Is the Philosopher’s Stone? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
The Great Flood ...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State. But is there anything there?
4 weeks ago
TheCollector
10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World undefined
4 months ago
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How Did Averroes Influence the West? undefined
9 months ago
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When Did Operation Husky Take Place? undefined
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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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This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
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In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
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To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also issued booklets of content. These were more astronomy than manned space flight but also had some very nice illustrations. The Moon The Milky Way and The...
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