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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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TheCollector
What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
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As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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a year ago
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Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
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10 months ago
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Flashbak
Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
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The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
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6 months ago
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9 months ago
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TheCollector
Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
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8 months ago
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What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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First, do lots of harm.
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
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TheCollector
Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
a month ago
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
TheCollector
Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
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TheCollector
Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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History Today Feed
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
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TheCollector
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
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11 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
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And the exhaustion of politics.
5 months ago
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Flashbak
London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
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4 months ago
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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Wrong Side of...
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TheCollector
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
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Classical Wisdom
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
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Trying to Understand...
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Again. In a manner of speaking.
9 months ago
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
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3 months ago
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TheCollector
Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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Flashbak
New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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TheCollector
18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
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Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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TheCollector
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Dreams of Space -...
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Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
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TheCollector
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TheCollector
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TheCollector
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Patterns in Humanity
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Was Alexander Great?
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Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
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Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
7 months ago
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
TheCollector
What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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9 months ago
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Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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6 months ago
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
6 months ago
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
TheCollector
The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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7 months ago
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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What Is Thatcherism?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
3 months ago
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
TheCollector
Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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TheCollector
Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Eusebius?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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a month ago
TheCollector
The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
TheCollector
How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
4 months ago
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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TheCollector
Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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Flashbak
Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
yesterday
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
Flashbak
Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
2 months ago
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
TheCollector
10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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9 months ago
Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
7 months ago
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
History Today Feed
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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11 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
a week ago
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
TheCollector
What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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4 months ago
TheCollector
When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Games Nations Play.
But they forget the people and the Street.
7 months ago
But they forget the people and the Street.
TheCollector
What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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a year ago
African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
a year ago
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
TheCollector
The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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a year ago
TheCollector
Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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a year ago
TheCollector
9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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a year ago
African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
TheCollector
Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
TheCollector
7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Introducing....Classical Wisdom Books!
Plus... Merch!
a year ago
TheCollector
12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
TheCollector
Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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TheCollector
Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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a year ago
Flashbak
New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
12 months ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
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Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
10 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
TheCollector
Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
9 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
Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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6 months ago
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What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
Classical Wisdom
ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
History Today Feed
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
2 months ago
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
TheCollector
Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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8 months ago
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
5 months ago
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
TheCollector
7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Stress
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
7 months ago
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
4 months ago
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
TheCollector
5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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TheCollector
What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
3 months ago
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
TheCollector
Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
TheCollector
New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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10 months ago
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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a year ago
TheCollector
Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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TheCollector
The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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8 months ago
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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a year ago
African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
a year ago
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
TheCollector
10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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