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Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life undefined
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African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932) Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
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Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
Classical Wisdom
Who cares about Homer, anyway? What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
4 weeks ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen undefined
4 weeks ago
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Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain undefined
2 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 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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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner. Permacomputing, revamped the page. Flappy Bird,...
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Stock Car Racing in 1972 In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
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In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud? undefined
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List undefined
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards? undefined
9 months ago
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A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met undefined
12 months ago
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What Is the Gettier Problem? undefined
a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
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This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time undefined
6 months ago
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Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
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Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
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Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances. Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
TheCollector
Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England undefined
9 months ago
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What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents) undefined
a year ago
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE undefined
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name? undefined
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting undefined
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life? undefined
a year ago
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name? undefined
6 months ago
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close undefined
11 months ago
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked) undefined
4 months ago
African History...
A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD demystifying an ancient African society
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa undefined
4 months ago
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign? undefined
9 months ago
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History undefined
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What Is First Thessalonians About? undefined
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
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Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008 undefined
2 months ago
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder? undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Year's Midnight. Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Mothers of the Ancient World
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Did the Beat Generation Want? undefined
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Why Read Modern Books? Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
a year ago
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of undefined
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War undefined
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba undefined
6 months ago
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery undefined
4 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
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This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s) This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
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This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails.   A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
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Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
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Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of Santa Claus? undefined
a year ago
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know undefined
3 months ago
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak undefined
2 months ago
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16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
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Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways j.hoare Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
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TheCollector
Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift undefined
7 months ago
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy? undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup The Nature of Love
a year ago
History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail j.hoare Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
a year ago
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Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic undefined
6 months ago
African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It? undefined
7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
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a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
TheCollector
The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument undefined
5 months ago
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition undefined
a year ago
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades undefined
6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
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a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin? New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
6 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About? undefined
11 months ago
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US undefined
3 months ago
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play? undefined
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Love and Death
a year ago
TheCollector
Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy? undefined
6 months ago
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Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over? undefined
a year ago
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Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record undefined
8 months ago
Open Culture
What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2025: Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner’s The Sound and... Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films,...
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Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films, musical compositions, sound recordings, works of art, and other pieces of intellectual property. This year happens to be an especially notable one for connoisseurs of Belgian...
TheCollector
A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe." Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
TheCollector
Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions undefined
6 months ago
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Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance undefined
6 months ago
History Today Feed
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti JamesHoare Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
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The Lost Years of Jesus The Lost Years of Jesus j.hoare Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
a year ago
TheCollector
Ben Franklin in Politics: The Founding Father Who Was Never President undefined
6 days ago
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women JamesHoare Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia Greek or Roman?
2 months ago
TheCollector
Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly? undefined
a month ago
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How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work? undefined
9 months ago
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God undefined
a month ago
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works undefined
a year ago
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy) undefined
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Flashbak
Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
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British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s.     Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
TheCollector
Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality? undefined
a year ago
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents? undefined
a year ago
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology undefined
6 months ago
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations undefined
a month ago
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...
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...
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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...
TheCollector
Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will undefined
a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong undefined
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo? undefined
a year ago
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Secret Renaissance Passageway Reopens in Florence undefined
a week ago
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals undefined
a year ago
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story undefined
11 months ago
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art undefined
9 months ago
History Today Feed
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong JamesHoare Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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...
TheCollector
Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire undefined
7 months ago
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch” undefined
5 months ago
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt undefined
a month ago
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire undefined
a year ago
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries? undefined
5 months ago
History Today Feed
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment JamesHoare Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
6 months ago
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What Is Transcendentalism? undefined
11 months ago
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach undefined
3 weeks ago
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker undefined
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells undefined
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Weekend Roundup The Essential Greeks
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts) undefined
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Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay? Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution Britons Caught in the French Revolution JamesHoare Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
8 months ago
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10 Historic Cities for Expats Around the World undefined
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The 4 Most Important Cultures in Ancient Anatolia undefined
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know undefined
5 months ago
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series undefined
8 months ago
History Today Feed
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain JamesHoare Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon undefined
8 months ago
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement undefined
a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
3 weeks ago
Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak. It's worse than you probably imagine.
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
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Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898) a revolution with a contested legacy.
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Is Pina Bausch? undefined
8 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
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Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
TheCollector
Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee undefined
8 months ago
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Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art undefined
11 months ago
History Today Feed
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece JamesHoare Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries? undefined
2 months ago
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern undefined
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Upcoming Events So you're in the know...
a year ago
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...
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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...
TheCollector
Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal undefined
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial JamesHoare Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
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TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About the Moai undefined
10 months ago
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How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections? undefined
2 months ago
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know undefined
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism) Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
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Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
TheCollector
Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily undefined
8 months ago
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”? undefined
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Flashbak
Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
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American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
TheCollector
Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta? undefined
11 months ago
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures undefined
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Flashbak
Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981 In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
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In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal undefined
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Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ? undefined
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Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888 The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
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The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
TheCollector
4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration undefined
11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement. From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
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From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
Res Obscura
Why drug history? Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
11 months ago
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies? undefined
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City undefined
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5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome Ode to the Giants
8 months ago
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times undefined
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Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
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Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Animals of the Ancient World
7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
hello fujisan It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
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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
Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded undefined
10 months ago
Open Culture
The Scene That Reveals the Beauty of Classic Hollywood Cinema 1939 is widely considered the greatest year in Hollywood history. Back then, writes 1939: The Year...
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1939 is widely considered the greatest year in Hollywood history. Back then, writes 1939: The Year in Movies author Tom Flannery, the so-called “Big Eight” major American studios “had a combined 590 actors, 114 directors and 340 writers under contract, each of whom worked an...
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Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years undefined
11 months ago
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Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun JamesHoare Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
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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...
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800) undefined
3 months ago
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece undefined
3 weeks ago
Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
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Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas. Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know undefined
8 months ago
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art) undefined
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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
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin? undefined
4 months ago
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence undefined
4 months ago
Res Obscura
Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
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