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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2023
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100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
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James Joyce's Ulysses
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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Aristotle on Friendship
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
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History Today Feed
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
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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...
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Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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What Is Capoeira?
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
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Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
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Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
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Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
TheCollector
What is Appalachian Culture?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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History Today Feed
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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Classical Wisdom
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Plutarch and Pleasure
a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
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This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
Flashbak
Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
3 months ago
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...
TheCollector
The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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TheCollector
Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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History Today Feed
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
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Last Chance!
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
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a year ago
Three years late, but historians are always late
History Today Feed
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
Classical Wisdom
Essential Classics
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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Flashbak
Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
TheCollector
4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
11 months ago
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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History Today Feed
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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TheCollector
13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
7 months ago
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
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The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
TheCollector
An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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TheCollector
The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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TheCollector
Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
5 months ago
A book review from the future.
TheCollector
Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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TheCollector
Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
12 months ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
9 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
TheCollector
Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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TheCollector
Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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Trying to Understand...
A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
What's it going to be, then?
a year ago
What's it going to be, then?
African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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TheCollector
How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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TheCollector
The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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TheCollector
7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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History Today Feed
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
11 months ago
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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TheCollector
Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
Flashbak
Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
2 weeks ago
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
Classical Wisdom
Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
a year ago
TheCollector
Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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TheCollector
The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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TheCollector
A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
10 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently...
a month ago
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
9 months ago
TheCollector
How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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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...
TheCollector
Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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TheCollector
Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
2 weeks ago
But who is prepared to admit it?
TheCollector
Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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TheCollector
“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
a week ago
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
TheCollector
5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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TheCollector
TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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a year ago
TheCollector
Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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a month ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
TheCollector
5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
3 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
TheCollector
Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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TheCollector
What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
TheCollector
10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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3 months ago
Flashbak
László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
3 months ago
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
TheCollector
Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
TheCollector
Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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TheCollector
Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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TheCollector
What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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a year ago
Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
a week ago
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
TheCollector
What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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TheCollector
Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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TheCollector
St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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TheCollector
The Electoral College Explained
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TheCollector
Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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5 months ago
Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
TheCollector
Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Art of the Interesting
3 weeks ago
The Art of the Interesting
TheCollector
A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
TheCollector
What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
7 months ago
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
TheCollector
The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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TheCollector
4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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TheCollector
UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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TheCollector
10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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TheCollector
4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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Flashbak
Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
6 months ago
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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TheCollector
Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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TheCollector
The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
TheCollector
What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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TheCollector
Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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TheCollector
What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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TheCollector
Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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TheCollector
Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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TheCollector
Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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TheCollector
What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
11 months ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
5 months ago
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
Flashbak
Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
3 months ago
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
TheCollector
What Makes the City of London Unique?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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2 months ago
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.
CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
a month ago
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
TheCollector
Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Gods Vs Titans
...and the Origins of the Universe
a year ago
...and the Origins of the Universe
TheCollector
Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
5 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
TheCollector
Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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a year ago
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