TheCollector
5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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Trying to Understand...
Useless in Gaza
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
a year ago
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
a year ago
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
History Today Feed
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
Classical Wisdom
Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
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African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
8 months ago
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
TheCollector
Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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Classical Wisdom
Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
a year ago
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
TheCollector
Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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TheCollector
Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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TheCollector
Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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TheCollector
What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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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...
TheCollector
Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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TheCollector
Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
10 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
TheCollector
Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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TheCollector
Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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TheCollector
Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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TheCollector
Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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TheCollector
New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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TheCollector
Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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Flashbak
The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
2 days ago
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
TheCollector
7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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TheCollector
10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably...
a week ago
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
TheCollector
British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
2 months ago
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
TheCollector
Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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TheCollector
Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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TheCollector
New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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TheCollector
9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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TheCollector
A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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TheCollector
Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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TheCollector
Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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TheCollector
Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
History Today Feed
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
2 months ago
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
TheCollector
Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
a year ago
Three years late, but historians are always late
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the...
a year ago
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
TheCollector
What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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TheCollector
UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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TheCollector
How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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TheCollector
The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
TheCollector
Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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TheCollector
5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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TheCollector
What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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TheCollector
Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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TheCollector
How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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TheCollector
Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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TheCollector
The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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TheCollector
How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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TheCollector
Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
2 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
TheCollector
The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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TheCollector
How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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7 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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TheCollector
5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
TheCollector
An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
7 months ago
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
TheCollector
Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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TheCollector
How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
a year ago
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
9 months ago
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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TheCollector
Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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TheCollector
Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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TheCollector
Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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TheCollector
3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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TheCollector
The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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TheCollector
How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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2 months ago
Flashbak
East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
8 months ago
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
TheCollector
6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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TheCollector
Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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TheCollector
Who Was Vernon Lee?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classics Gifts!
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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3 weeks ago
African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
2 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
History Today Feed
Euripides’ Lost Plays
Euripides’ Lost Plays
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
2 months ago
Euripides’ Lost Plays
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
TheCollector
A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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TheCollector
Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
5 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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TheCollector
The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
TheCollector
Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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TheCollector
World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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TheCollector
5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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TheCollector
What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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TheCollector
What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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TheCollector
What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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TheCollector
Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
TheCollector
How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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TheCollector
Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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TheCollector
5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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TheCollector
Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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TheCollector
A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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TheCollector
10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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TheCollector
The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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TheCollector
A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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TheCollector
The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
7 months ago
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
TheCollector
Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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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...
History Today Feed
The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
6 months ago
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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TheCollector
Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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TheCollector
The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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TheCollector
Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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TheCollector
Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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3 months ago
Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
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a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
a year ago
On cartography as historical argument
TheCollector
10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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TheCollector
Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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TheCollector
Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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TheCollector
4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
11 months ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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TheCollector
What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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TheCollector
Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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TheCollector
What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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TheCollector
Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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Classical Wisdom
St. Nicholas
The Saint behind Santa
2 days ago
TheCollector
J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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TheCollector
Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
TheCollector
A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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a year ago
TheCollector
Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
7 months ago
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
TheCollector
9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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TheCollector
Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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TheCollector
Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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TheCollector
How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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TheCollector
13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
History Today Feed
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
a year ago
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
TheCollector
The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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TheCollector
4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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TheCollector
Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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7 months ago
Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
a year ago
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
TheCollector
The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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TheCollector
Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
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The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
TheCollector
Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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History Today Feed
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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Flashbak
Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert...
a year ago
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
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a year ago
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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Some of the world's problems have no solution.
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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Flashbak
Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
6 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
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Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
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Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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How Can We Know Ourselves?
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
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Final Call
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How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
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Without living forever in fear and worry?
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
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11 months ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
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Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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TheCollector
Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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Classical Wisdom
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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Flashbak
Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
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2 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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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...
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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...
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
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Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
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over a year ago
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
TheCollector
The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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TheCollector
Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
2 weeks ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
History Today Feed
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
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TheCollector
Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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Flashbak
Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
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“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
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Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
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At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Flashbak
Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
10 months ago
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
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African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Julio-Claudians
5 months ago
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