TheCollector
Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
8 months ago
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
TheCollector
Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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Flashbak
Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
a year ago
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
TheCollector
Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
a year ago
Laconic wit through the centuries
TheCollector
The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
2 days ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
TheCollector
The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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8 months ago
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
Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
5 months ago
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
a month ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
TheCollector
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
a year ago
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
3 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
TheCollector
Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
a year ago
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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
What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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TheCollector
1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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Classical Wisdom
Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
a year ago
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
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
5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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TheCollector
7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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TheCollector
Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
8 months ago
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
TheCollector
What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at...
3 months ago
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
TheCollector
11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
TheCollector
5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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Global Inequality...
Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
2 months ago
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
TheCollector
Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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TheCollector
Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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Flashbak
Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
5 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
TheCollector
Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Lost and Found
a year ago
History Today Feed
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
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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Flashbak
Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
7 months ago
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
Classical Wisdom
The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
8 months ago
War Stoppers and God Makers
TheCollector
Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
11 months ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
TheCollector
10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classical Wisdom Books
a year ago
TheCollector
What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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TheCollector
Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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TheCollector
Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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TheCollector
What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
2 weeks ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
TheCollector
Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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TheCollector
7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
10 months ago
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
TheCollector
What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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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
5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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History Today Feed
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
3 months ago
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
TheCollector
KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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TheCollector
10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
TheCollector
5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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TheCollector
Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
11 months ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
TheCollector
A History of the US House of Representatives
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a year ago
Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
TheCollector
Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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6 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
How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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TheCollector
When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
a month ago
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
TheCollector
Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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TheCollector
The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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TheCollector
Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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Flashbak
Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
5 months ago
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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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,...
8 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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TheCollector
What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Early Years of Jesus
a year ago
TheCollector
Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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Flashbak
Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
a year ago
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
TheCollector
“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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TheCollector
7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
TheCollector
Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
8 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
TheCollector
John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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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
11 months ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
10 months ago
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
TheCollector
The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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TheCollector
Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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TheCollector
Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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TheCollector
Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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TheCollector
Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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TheCollector
The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
TheCollector
How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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History Today Feed
Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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Flashbak
Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
9 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
TheCollector
Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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Classical Wisdom
How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
9 months ago
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
TheCollector
A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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Ethical Philosophy for Fun
TheCollector
Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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What Is Solipsism?
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
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And stop saying "it's not fair!"
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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Classical Wisdom
Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
Trying to Understand...
Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
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Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
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Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
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Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
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Catching Nessie on Film
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Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
9 months ago
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Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
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“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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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...
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
a month ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
2 months ago
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
4 weeks ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
7 months ago
Should you meet your heroes?
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
11 months ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
9 months ago
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
6 months ago
And the Boundless Universe
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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St. Nicholas
The Saint behind Santa
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
a year ago
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
8 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
TheCollector
4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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Flashbak
President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
a month ago
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
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Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
TheCollector
What Was the Kido Butai?
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Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
TheCollector
Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
TheCollector
What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
7 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
6 months ago
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
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...
10 months ago
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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Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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History Today Feed
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
Classical Wisdom
Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
a month ago
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
9 months ago
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
10 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
4 months ago
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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Open Culture
The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks,...
2 days ago
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
Classical Wisdom
Essential Classics
Memorial Sales Ends
6 months ago
African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
6 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
TheCollector
7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
a month ago
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
TheCollector
Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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6 months ago
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The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us...
6 hours ago
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
TheCollector
The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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2 months ago
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Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
7 months ago
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
Classical Wisdom
Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
a year ago
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
Flashbak
Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
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