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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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Classical Wisdom
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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TheCollector
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8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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Trying to Understand...
Things Don't Always Get Better.
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
2 months ago
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
TheCollector
What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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Flashbak
Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
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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...
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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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US President or American Caesar?
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US President or American Caesar?
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Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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Flashbak
It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
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The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
TheCollector
The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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Flashbak
British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
7 months ago
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
TheCollector
Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
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The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
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What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
a year ago
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
TheCollector
New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
TheCollector
L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
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Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
TheCollector
The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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JamesHoare
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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TheCollector
7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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The Epics Collection
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TheCollector
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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6 Must-See English Castles
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Trying to Understand...
A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
a year ago
They are quite serious, actually.
TheCollector
11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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TheCollector
Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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Classical Wisdom
The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
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War Stoppers and God Makers
TheCollector
Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
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Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
TheCollector
Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
Flashbak
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We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
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We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
TheCollector
What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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History Today Feed
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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Trying to Understand...
The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
11 months ago
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
TheCollector
Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
11 months ago
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
TheCollector
Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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TheCollector
5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
a year ago
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
TheCollector
What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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TheCollector
London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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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
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Death of the King of Siam
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
2 months ago
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
TheCollector
Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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TheCollector
New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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TheCollector
Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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Flashbak
Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
5 months ago
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
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History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
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Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
TheCollector
Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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7 African Myths About Animals
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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
TheCollector
Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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TheCollector
Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Death of a Turkey Legend
Death of a Turkey Legend
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Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
2 weeks ago
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
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
How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
11 months ago
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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TheCollector
The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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TheCollector
What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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TheCollector
Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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TheCollector
Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
10 months ago
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
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
Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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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
How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
African History...
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