TheCollector
Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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Flashbak
Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
a year ago
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
TheCollector
Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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TheCollector
20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
a year ago
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
TheCollector
The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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TheCollector
Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
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Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
TheCollector
17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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TheCollector
What Is Transcendentalism?
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TheCollector
World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
TheCollector
Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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TheCollector
First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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Flashbak
Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
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Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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TheCollector
The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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Flashbak
Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
6 months ago
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
TheCollector
How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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Flashbak
Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
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Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
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Bringing History to the Future
TheCollector
The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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TheCollector
Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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TheCollector
What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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Classical Wisdom
Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
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Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
TheCollector
The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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TheCollector
What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
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over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
TheCollector
Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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TheCollector
Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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TheCollector
Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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TheCollector
Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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Classical Wisdom
No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
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History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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TheCollector
What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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TheCollector
Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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TheCollector
Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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TheCollector
Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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TheCollector
Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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TheCollector
Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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weird medieval guys
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Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
TheCollector
The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look...
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This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
TheCollector
How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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TheCollector
Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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African History...
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Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
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Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
TheCollector
How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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What is Appalachian Culture?
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TheCollector
What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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TheCollector
Who Was George Hodel?
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History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
9 months ago
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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Flashbak
Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
11 months ago
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
TheCollector
What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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History Today Feed
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
8 months ago
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
9 months ago
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
TheCollector
What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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TheCollector
Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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TheCollector
Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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TheCollector
Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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TheCollector
Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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TheCollector
Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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TheCollector
Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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TheCollector
KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Treaty Ended World War II?
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TheCollector
A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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TheCollector
Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
TheCollector
How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
9 months ago
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
2 days ago
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
TheCollector
Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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TheCollector
10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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TheCollector
Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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TheCollector
What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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Flashbak
A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
2 months ago
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
TheCollector
The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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TheCollector
The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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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...
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“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...
TheCollector
“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
TheCollector
The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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TheCollector
What Was Négritude?
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TheCollector
The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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TheCollector
How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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TheCollector
Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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TheCollector
How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
TheCollector
Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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TheCollector
6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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TheCollector
What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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TheCollector
Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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Classical Wisdom
Beyond Stoicism
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New Event: January 7th, 2025
TheCollector
Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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TheCollector
The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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TheCollector
Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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TheCollector
10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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TheCollector
Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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History Today Feed
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
3 months ago
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
History Today Feed
The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
Patterns in Humanity
Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
11 months ago
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
History Today Feed
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
4 months ago
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
TheCollector
5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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TheCollector
UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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TheCollector
What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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History Today Feed
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
6 months ago
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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TheCollector
The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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TheCollector
Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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TheCollector
6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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Flashbak
Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
5 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
Flashbak
The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
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Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
TheCollector
HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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TheCollector
NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
2 weeks ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
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Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
TheCollector
Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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TheCollector
Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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TheCollector
The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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Flashbak
Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
a year ago
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
TheCollector
Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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TheCollector
Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
TheCollector
Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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TheCollector
The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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TheCollector
Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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TheCollector
The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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Classical Wisdom
Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
9 months ago
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
TheCollector
Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
a month ago
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
TheCollector
What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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TheCollector
Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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TheCollector
Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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TheCollector
Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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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
Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
a year ago
Some lessons from history and archaeology
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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TheCollector
The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
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The True Knights Templar
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Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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Dreams of Space -...
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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How Iran Won the West
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
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Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
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“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
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“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
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What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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When Did World War II Start and End?
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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