TheCollector
10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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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...
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
TheCollector
Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
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Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
TheCollector
10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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A History of the US House of Representatives
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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History Today Feed
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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Global Inequality...
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11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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Flashbak
Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
4 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
Flashbak
American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
2 months ago
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
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Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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Hidden History
The Story of the Cow
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
3 days ago
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
TheCollector
When Was D-Day?
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TheCollector
A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
TheCollector
Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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Trying to Understand...
Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
TheCollector
17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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Flashbak
Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
8 months ago
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
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The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
2 months ago
TheCollector
6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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What Are the Romance Languages?
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History Today Feed
The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
a year ago
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
TheCollector
7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
TheCollector
Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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TheCollector
How Does the Electoral College Work?
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A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
a week ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
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...
a year ago
“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
UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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Flashbak
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...
4 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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History Today Feed
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’...
3 months ago
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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TheCollector
Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
5 months ago
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
You don't need to know that.
9 months ago
You don't need to know that.
TheCollector
Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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TheCollector
The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
TheCollector
The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the...
11 months ago
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the Hellenistic army and its Macedonian phalanx and the Romans with their legions. Last week, we looked at the weapons, organization and fighting style of the Macedonian phalanx, the infantry...
TheCollector
Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
5 months ago
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Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
11 months ago
TheCollector
New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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Trying to Understand...
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
TheCollector
4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Can Perfumes Be Art? Famous Artists Who Designed Perfume Bottles
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
a year ago
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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TheCollector
Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
2 weeks ago
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
10 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
TheCollector
Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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TheCollector
Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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TheCollector
The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
a year ago
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
TheCollector
Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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TheCollector
9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
TheCollector
8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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TheCollector
History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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TheCollector
5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
over a year ago
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
TheCollector
7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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TheCollector
The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories)
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
a month ago
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
6 months ago
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
3 weeks ago
But is there anything there?
TheCollector
Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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TheCollector
Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Philosopher Kings
11 months ago
Flashbak
The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
2 months ago
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
Flashbak
Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
10 months ago
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
TheCollector
King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
5 months ago
Workers and Peasants we are not.
TheCollector
Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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TheCollector
Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
a year ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
History Today Feed
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
10 months ago
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
a year ago
And what happens when we don’t?
TheCollector
What Are Conlangs?
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TheCollector
What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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Flashbak
Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
TheCollector
Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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Flashbak
Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
a month ago
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
TheCollector
What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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TheCollector
5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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History Today Feed
Columbine 25 Years On
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
8 months ago
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
Flashbak
A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
11 months ago
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
TheCollector
What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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History Today Feed
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
7 months ago
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
TheCollector
Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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TheCollector
Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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TheCollector
Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
TheCollector
What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Canada?
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TheCollector
Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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Open Culture
Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Kurt Vonnegut’s Letter of Advice to People Living in the Year 2088
There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters...
a week ago
There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters to the future, then publish them in Time magazine as part of an ad campaign. In fact, that time wasn’t so very long ago: it was the year 1988, to be precise, when no less an...
TheCollector
From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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TheCollector
The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
a month ago
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
TheCollector
The Historically Accurate Greek Armors of Dimitrios Katsikis (Interview)
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TheCollector
The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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TheCollector
Who Were the 43 Group?
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TheCollector
Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
a month ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
Flashbak
Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
a month ago
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
History Today Feed
Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
6 months ago
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
6 months ago
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
History Today Feed
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
a month ago
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
a month ago
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
TheCollector
How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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
TheCollector
History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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TheCollector
What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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History Today Feed
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
8 months ago
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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TheCollector
How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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TheCollector
Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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TheCollector
Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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TheCollector
What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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TheCollector
The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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TheCollector
Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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TheCollector
Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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TheCollector
Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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Flashbak
Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
4 months ago
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
TheCollector
What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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TheCollector
Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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Flashbak
A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
a year ago
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
4 weeks ago
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
TheCollector
Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
6 months ago
It was all too difficult, finally.
TheCollector
3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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Flashbak
Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
7 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns Near New York City to Visit
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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...
TheCollector
The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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History Today Feed
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
12 months ago
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
TheCollector
What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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TheCollector
Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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TheCollector
Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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TheCollector
Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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TheCollector
Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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TheCollector
The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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History Today Feed
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
9 months ago
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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TheCollector
10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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TheCollector
What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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TheCollector
What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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TheCollector
Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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TheCollector
Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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TheCollector
Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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Flashbak
1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
9 months ago
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
TheCollector
Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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TheCollector
Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
TheCollector
Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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TheCollector
Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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Classical Wisdom
[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
Begins in Two Weeks
a year ago
TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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TheCollector
Marathon: 7 Sites & Museums to Visit
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TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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African History...
The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 8
History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
10 months ago
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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TheCollector
How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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TheCollector
Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
TheCollector
Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
12 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
TheCollector
Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
10 months ago
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
TheCollector
Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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TheCollector
4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
History Today Feed
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
2 months ago
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
Wrong Side of...
Leaving behind the history written in letters of blood
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, Part 3
a week ago
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, Part 3
Classical Wisdom
Essential Classics
Memorial Sales Ends
7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Pina Bausch?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
5 months ago
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
TheCollector
Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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Hundred Rabbits
hello fujisan
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
TheCollector
9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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TheCollector
Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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TheCollector
Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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TheCollector
Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
TheCollector
The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
a year ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
TheCollector
Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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TheCollector
Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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TheCollector
5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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a year ago
Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
12 months ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
TheCollector
What Was the Religion of the Ancient Phoenicians and Carthaginians?
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TheCollector
Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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TheCollector
Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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TheCollector
Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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TheCollector
World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Die?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
TheCollector
4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
TheCollector
How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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TheCollector
Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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a year ago
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Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
a year ago
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
TheCollector
George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Female Heroes of World War II
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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5 months ago
TheCollector
History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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11 months ago
African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
a month ago
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
TheCollector
8 Things You Didn’t Know About Eva Perón
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
10 months ago
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
Classical Wisdom
Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
a month ago
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
TheCollector
Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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