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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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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...
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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a year ago
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
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11 months ago
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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3 months ago
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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10 months ago
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10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
4 months ago
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
Classical Wisdom
Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
10 months ago
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
TheCollector
5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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a year ago
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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8 months ago
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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a month ago
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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a year ago
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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5 months ago
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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6 months ago
African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
2 months ago
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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5 months ago
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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4 months ago
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Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Early Years of Jesus
a year ago
TheCollector
The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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3 months ago
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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4 months ago
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10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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12 hours ago
African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
7 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
TheCollector
How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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a week ago
Classical Wisdom
Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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11 months ago
Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
4 months ago
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
TheCollector
Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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a year ago
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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8 months ago
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What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
TheCollector
What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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7 months ago
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...
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Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
2 months ago
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
TheCollector
Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
7 months ago
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was Kantai Kessen?
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5 months ago
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
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Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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4 months ago
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
7 months ago
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
TheCollector
History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
3 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
TheCollector
The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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8 months ago
African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
3 months ago
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
TheCollector
Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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9 months ago
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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12 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
TheCollector
What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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a year ago
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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4 months ago
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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10 months ago
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
a month ago
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
TheCollector
8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
8 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
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Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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10 months ago
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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a year ago
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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a year ago
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
5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
TheCollector
Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Hades
The God of the Dead
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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10 months ago
TheCollector
5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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7 months ago
TheCollector
7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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a year ago
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William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
5 Military Geniuses From History
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
5 days ago
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
TheCollector
Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
TheCollector
Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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a year ago
TheCollector
Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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6 months ago
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Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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a year ago
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