TheCollector
Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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a year ago
CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
2 weeks ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
African History...
A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
a year ago
State and society on Africa's largest island.
TheCollector
What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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TheCollector
‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Changing Seasons
3 months ago
TheCollector
Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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Flashbak
Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
6 days ago
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
TheCollector
Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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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...
10 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...
Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
TheCollector
The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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TheCollector
What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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TheCollector
Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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TheCollector
Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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TheCollector
Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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TheCollector
Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
TheCollector
How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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TheCollector
Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
7 months ago
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
TheCollector
Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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TheCollector
Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
10 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
Flashbak
Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
a year ago
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
3 days ago
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
TheCollector
The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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TheCollector
Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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TheCollector
Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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TheCollector
Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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TheCollector
How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
8 months ago
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
TheCollector
Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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TheCollector
Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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TheCollector
7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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TheCollector
The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
TheCollector
7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
TheCollector
Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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TheCollector
Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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TheCollector
New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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TheCollector
7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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TheCollector
What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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Flashbak
In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
2 months ago
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington on his Living Room project Time to step back inside British homes in the late 1980s with photographer Nick Waplington’s Living Room series. Published as a book in 1991, the...
Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
11 months ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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TheCollector
What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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TheCollector
What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
6 months ago
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
7 months ago
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
TheCollector
Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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TheCollector
Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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TheCollector
The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
a year ago
The Life and Work of Pheidias
TheCollector
3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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TheCollector
What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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TheCollector
Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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TheCollector
Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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TheCollector
Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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TheCollector
Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
5 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
TheCollector
Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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Flashbak
1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
8 months ago
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
a year ago
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
over a year ago
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
TheCollector
How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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TheCollector
Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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TheCollector
Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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TheCollector
Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
a month ago
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
6 months ago
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
TheCollector
7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
a year ago
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
TheCollector
7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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TheCollector
The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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TheCollector
10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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TheCollector
Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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TheCollector
Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato and Atlantis
10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
TheCollector
5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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TheCollector
Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
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
The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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TheCollector
“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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TheCollector
London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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TheCollector
The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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TheCollector
The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime ...
10 months ago
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime Richard Klein, Professor of French at Cornell University and editor of Diacritics, quit smoking while writing Cigarettes Are Sublime and has been nicotine-free ever since. So do...
Flashbak
London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
3 weeks ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
TheCollector
Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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Flashbak
The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
2 days ago
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
TheCollector
Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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TheCollector
Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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TheCollector
7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is an Antipope?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
3 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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TheCollector
Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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TheCollector
Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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TheCollector
How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
TheCollector
The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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TheCollector
Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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TheCollector
The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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TheCollector
6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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Flashbak
When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
5 months ago
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
TheCollector
10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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TheCollector
5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
TheCollector
Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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11 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
2 weeks ago
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
a week ago
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
TheCollector
Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
2 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
History Today Feed
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
6 months ago
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
TheCollector
Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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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
Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
3 weeks ago
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
History Today Feed
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
Most of them are not from 2023
a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
TheCollector
3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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TheCollector
10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
3 months ago
Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
6 days ago
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
TheCollector
History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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TheCollector
Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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TheCollector
Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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TheCollector
What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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TheCollector
What Was Jim Crow?
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9 months ago
African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
10 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
TheCollector
Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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TheCollector
Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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TheCollector
Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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TheCollector
The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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TheCollector
NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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TheCollector
9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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TheCollector
The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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Flashbak
William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
TheCollector
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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TheCollector
How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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TheCollector
10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
TheCollector
King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
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A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
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Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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The Art of the Interesting
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How Can We Know Ourselves?
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
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On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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Flashbak
Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
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The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
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Inventing Cyrillic
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
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Because that's all they can do.
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
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Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
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Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
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Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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What Was Organization Todt?
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Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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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. ...
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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Weekend Roundup
Does Marcus Matter?
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
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Urbanism in the forest region.
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What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
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Some people never grow up.
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
Flashbak
The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
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Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
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At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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...
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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What Is Theodicy?
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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The Essential Greeks
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
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Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
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7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
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For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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What’s the History of Gin?
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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Hundred Rabbits
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Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
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A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
Wrong Side of...
The War on the Countryside
The Shire must be brought to heel
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The Shire must be brought to heel
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Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
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Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
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