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5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
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Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
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$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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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
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
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Understanding political violence.
TheCollector
Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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Hundred Rabbits
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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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
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Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
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Journal of African cities: chapter 12
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
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St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
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In Search of Homer Trip Opening
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Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
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Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
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The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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The Evils Of Professionalism
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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Ancient Podcasts
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
7 months ago
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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History Today Feed
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Flashbak
Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
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Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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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...
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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History Today Feed
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
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This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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The Death of Clive of India
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Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
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“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
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You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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Plato Vs Aristotle
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We are lost in a haunted wood.
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We are lost in a haunted wood.
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
TheCollector
Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
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How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
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Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
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Count no man happy until the end is known
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The Lives of Exiles
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
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Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
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This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
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Is it good, bad or relative?
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the...
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This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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Early Christianity
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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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...
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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...
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
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Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
We...
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Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
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Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
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Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most...
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As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
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How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
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Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
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10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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Death of the King of Siam
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
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A Clash Of Symbols
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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Flashbak
Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
5 months ago
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
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Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
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And if not, what are the consequences?
TheCollector
Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
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Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
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8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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The Epics Collection
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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Trying to Understand...
Little People With Agency.
No, not that Agency.
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
TheCollector
Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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History Today Feed
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
TheCollector
What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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How the CCP is Closing China
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
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How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
a month ago
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
TheCollector
How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
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Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
TheCollector
What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
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....
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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
The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
TheCollector
How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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Flashbak
The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
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“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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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...
11 months ago
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 …...
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Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
a year ago
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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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:...
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
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Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
TheCollector
1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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weird medieval guys
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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How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
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There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a hurricane has just torn through the state,...
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
a year ago
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
5 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
TheCollector
How Did Descartes View Animals?
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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TheCollector
Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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a year 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
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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TheCollector
Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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8 months ago
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
8 months ago
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
Who Were the Landsknechts?
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