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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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Beard Fashions and Class
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
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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...
TheCollector
Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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TheCollector
5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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Flashbak
The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
11 months ago
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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Classical Wisdom
How to Give a Speech
Secrets from Cicero
4 months ago
Flashbak
Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and...
2 months ago
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
TheCollector
Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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TheCollector
Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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TheCollector
10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Origins of Stoicism
5 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
2 days ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
TheCollector
Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
3 months ago
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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TheCollector
Who Was Julius Caesar?
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Flashbak
Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
6 days ago
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
TheCollector
Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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TheCollector
What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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TheCollector
How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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TheCollector
An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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History Today Feed
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
7 months ago
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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TheCollector
5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
TheCollector
7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
TheCollector
What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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TheCollector
Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
4 months ago
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
TheCollector
The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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8 months ago
Flashbak
It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
4 months ago
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
TheCollector
How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
Flashbak
Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
7 months ago
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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Flashbak
See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
5 months ago
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
TheCollector
5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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History Today Feed
The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
a month ago
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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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.
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TheCollector
Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
TheCollector
Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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TheCollector
Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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TheCollector
The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
TheCollector
Who Were the Landsknechts?
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TheCollector
The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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TheCollector
How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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TheCollector
Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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TheCollector
Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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a year ago
Flashbak
William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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TheCollector
What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
History Today Feed
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
6 months ago
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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a year ago
Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
5 days ago
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
TheCollector
Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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TheCollector
Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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TheCollector
The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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TheCollector
Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
TheCollector
Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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TheCollector
Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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TheCollector
5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
10 months ago
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
TheCollector
“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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11 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Educated rage
American polarisation: part 2
a month ago
American polarisation: part 2
TheCollector
Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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TheCollector
Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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a year ago
TheCollector
Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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a year ago
TheCollector
Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
a year ago
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
TheCollector
Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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TheCollector
New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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8 months ago
Flashbak
The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
3 months ago
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
TheCollector
Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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TheCollector
Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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a year ago
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