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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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Should Death Concern Us?
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Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
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What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
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Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
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over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
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Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
Flashbak
Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
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He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
TheCollector
Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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The Art of Pompeii
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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Cultural Scenario Probabilities
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
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TheCollector
Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
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The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
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Journal of African cities: chapter 15
Classical Wisdom
The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
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Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
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Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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Inventing Cyrillic
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
TheCollector
7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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Centuries of Childhood
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
11 months ago
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
TheCollector
Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
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And the exhaustion of politics.
Classical Wisdom
12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
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Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
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“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
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Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
TheCollector
What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
TheCollector
New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
TheCollector
Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
4 days ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
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The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
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What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
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No More Heroes.
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Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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Classical Wisdom
Important Notification
New Cabins *NOW* Available
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Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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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...
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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...
Trying to Understand...
Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
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With a few more books and a few old ideas.
TheCollector
The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
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8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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Classical Wisdom
The Many Roads to Rome
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The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
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Arguing with the Dead
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Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
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Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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Freedom by North-West
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
TheCollector
Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
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Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
You don't need to know that.
9 months ago
You don't need to know that.
TheCollector
The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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Classical Wisdom
Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
a year ago
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
TheCollector
Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
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TheCollector
“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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Flashbak
Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
a year ago
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
9 months ago
Again. In a manner of speaking.
TheCollector
Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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Hundred Rabbits
captain what is this
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
TheCollector
The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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History Today Feed
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
10 months ago
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
12 months ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
TheCollector
10 Forgotten US Presidents
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3 months ago
Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
11 months ago
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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12 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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8 months ago
African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
TheCollector
What Is Transcendentalism?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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12 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
TheCollector
Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
9 months ago
TheCollector
The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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a week ago
TheCollector
Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
9 months ago
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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9 months ago
Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
2 weeks ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
History Today Feed
The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
TheCollector
Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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a week ago
TheCollector
Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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a month ago
History Today Feed
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’...
3 months ago
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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a week ago
TheCollector
The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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a year ago
TheCollector
Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the First Written Language?
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4 months ago
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...
2 weeks ago
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
TheCollector
Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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a week ago
History Today Feed
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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3 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
a year ago
TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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7 hours ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Art of the Interesting
4 weeks ago
The Art of the Interesting
TheCollector
Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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a month ago
TheCollector
Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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a month ago
History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
Flashbak
Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
2 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
TheCollector
Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
11 months ago
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
TheCollector
A History of the United States Supreme Court
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a year ago
TheCollector
Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
TheCollector
10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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a year ago
TheCollector
Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
a year ago
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
Global Inequality...
The third framing
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
3 months ago
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
TheCollector
What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
a month ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
TheCollector
Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Useless in Gaza
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
a year ago
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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a week ago
TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
7 African Myths About Animals
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
TheCollector
Who Was Tertullian?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
a year ago
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
TheCollector
How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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2 months ago
Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
6 months ago
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
TheCollector
Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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3 days ago
TheCollector
Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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a year ago
TheCollector
Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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7 months ago
Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
a month ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
History Today Feed
How the CCP is Closing China
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
7 months ago
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
TheCollector
10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
12 months ago
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
4 months ago
TheCollector
May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
2 months ago
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
2 weeks ago
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
TheCollector
Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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10 months ago
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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a month ago
African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
2 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
TheCollector
Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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3 days ago
TheCollector
What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
History Today Feed
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
a year ago
TheCollector
Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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a month ago
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