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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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Dreams of Space -...
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Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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Street Shots of New York City in 1978
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The Handwriting of 12 Famous Authors
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
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Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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2 months ago
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The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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Trying to Understand...
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a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
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10 Must-Visit Historic Mountain Towns in the US
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Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
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A Kodachrome Trip To Lord Howe Island in 1961
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Futarchy Futurism
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
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La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
a month ago
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Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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Were Anglo-Saxon Pagans a Threat to Medieval Christian Society?
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The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
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“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
a month ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
TheCollector
Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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a year ago
TheCollector
What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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a year ago
TheCollector
New Study May Reveal Stonehenge’s Mysterious Origins
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a month ago
Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
11 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
5 months ago
Workers and Peasants we are not.
TheCollector
What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
9 months ago
TheCollector
Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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a year ago
Flashbak
Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
4 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
TheCollector
6 Most Common Ethical Dilemmas of the 21st Century
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Stoicism and Buddhism
a week ago
TheCollector
The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
2 months ago
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
TheCollector
9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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3 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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2 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Explore Frida Kahlo’s Composition Techniques in 6 Works
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6 days ago
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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a month ago
TheCollector
Did Jesus Live in India?
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
a month ago
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
History Today Feed
A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
a year ago
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
TheCollector
The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
a year ago
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
TheCollector
Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
TheCollector
Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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3 months 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
From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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2 months ago
TheCollector
6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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3 months ago
Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
6 months ago
Wars and ideology simplified
Trying to Understand...
Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
a year ago
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
TheCollector
A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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12 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
2 months ago
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
TheCollector
How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
9 months ago
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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3 months ago
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...
11 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...
African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
a year ago
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
7 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
TheCollector
Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
4 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
TheCollector
9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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11 months ago
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
TheCollector
The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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a year ago
TheCollector
11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
8 months ago
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
TheCollector
King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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a year ago
African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
a year ago
TheCollector
Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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a year ago
African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on...
4 months ago
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
Classical Wisdom
Empress Theodora
Saint or Sinner?
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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3 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
a month ago
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
a month ago
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
TheCollector
Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
Flashbak
Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
10 months ago
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
2 months ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
Flashbak
Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
7 months ago
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
TheCollector
King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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a year ago
TheCollector
A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
2 months ago
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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a month ago
Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
a month ago
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
11 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
TheCollector
The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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a year ago
TheCollector
Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Separate History from Myth?
And does it need to be true to be important?
a year ago
And does it need to be true to be important?
History Today Feed
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
3 months ago
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
TheCollector
What Was the 1925 Serum Run to Nome?
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a week ago
Open Culture
How Marcel Marceau Used Mime to Save Children During the Holocaust
In 1972, Jerry Lewis made the ill-considered decision to write, direct, and star in a film about a...
a week ago
In 1972, Jerry Lewis made the ill-considered decision to write, direct, and star in a film about a German clown in Auschwitz. The result was so awful that he never allowed its release, and it quickly acquired the reputation—along with disasters like George Lucas’ Star Wars...
TheCollector
Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
7 months ago
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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11 months ago
TheCollector
4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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11 months ago
TheCollector
8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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a month ago
TheCollector
World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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a month ago