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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
a year ago
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sibyls
Ancient Prophetesses
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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a year ago
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...
TheCollector
What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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TheCollector
9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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TheCollector
Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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TheCollector
Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
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TheCollector
The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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TheCollector
Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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TheCollector
10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
3 months ago
TheCollector
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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a year ago
TheCollector
When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
TheCollector
Who Was Tertullian?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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TheCollector
Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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11 months ago
TheCollector
A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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2 days ago
TheCollector
What is Pantheism in Art?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
9 months ago
TheCollector
Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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a year ago
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
2 months ago
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
TheCollector
10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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a month ago
TheCollector
Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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11 months ago
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
a month ago
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
TheCollector
6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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a year ago
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Why the Organ Split the Church
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
a month ago
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
4 months ago
Workers and Peasants we are not.
Flashbak
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...
10 months ago
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....
TheCollector
What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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9 months ago
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
8 months ago
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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2 months ago
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Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
TheCollector
Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
TheCollector
Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
3 months ago
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
TheCollector
Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
2 months ago
TheCollector
Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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8 months ago
TheCollector
HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
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.
Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
a year ago
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
History Today Feed
Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
a month ago
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
7 months ago
TheCollector
When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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a month ago
TheCollector
Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
TheCollector
5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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a year ago
TheCollector
Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
TheCollector
7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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a year ago
TheCollector
Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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a year ago
TheCollector
JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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a year ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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4 months ago
TheCollector
When Was the First Crusade?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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a year ago
TheCollector
An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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9 months ago
Flashbak
The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the...
9 months ago
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
3 weeks ago
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
9 months ago
Corruption in the Ancient World
TheCollector
Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Vercingetorix?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
11 months ago
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
4 months ago
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
TheCollector
How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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7 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
a week ago
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
9 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
TheCollector
Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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12 months ago
TheCollector
The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Euripides’ Lost Plays
Euripides’ Lost Plays
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
2 months ago
Euripides’ Lost Plays
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
TheCollector
Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
TheCollector
Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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a year ago
TheCollector
Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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11 months ago
Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
8 months ago
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
3 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
TheCollector
William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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4 months ago
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
5 months ago
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...
TheCollector
What Is Transcendentalism?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Die?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
7 months ago
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
TheCollector
What Was the Kido Butai?
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11 months ago
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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...
3 months ago
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...
TheCollector
The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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3 months ago
TheCollector
London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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2 months ago
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