CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
2 weeks ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
TheCollector
Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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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;...
African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
11 months ago
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
TheCollector
What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
3 months ago
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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History Today Feed
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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Flashbak
The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us...
a week ago
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
History Today Feed
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
TheCollector
The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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Classical Wisdom
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Tolkien and Plato
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Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
Flashbak
Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
8 months ago
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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Classical Wisdom
Essential Classics
Memorial Sales Ends
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Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
a year ago
The Essential Greeks Returns!
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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History Today Review of the Year
History Today Review of the Year
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a year ago
History Today Review of the Year
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Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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Flashbak
When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
6 months ago
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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Flashbak
1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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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...
2 weeks 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...
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
2 weeks ago
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
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Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
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Workers and Peasants we are not.
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What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
11 months ago
On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
History Today Feed
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
6 months ago
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
a month ago
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
5 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
TheCollector
British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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The Legacy of Emperor Pedro II: Brazil’s Golden Age
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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History Today Feed
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
11 months ago
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
TheCollector
Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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Classical Wisdom
St. Nicholas
The Saint behind Santa
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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The Gleiwitz Incident: When Nazis Faked an Attack on Germany
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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Flashbak
Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
10 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
TheCollector
New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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A History of the US House of Representatives
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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...
4 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
What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
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Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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10 Historic Cities for Expats Around the World
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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Italian Artist Unveils Contemporary Version of Stolen Caravaggio
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Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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Flashbak
‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
3 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
TheCollector
What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
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There are no "why"s in our world.
Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently...
2 months ago
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
Classical Wisdom
Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
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The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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Flashbak
Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
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“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
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10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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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 –...
History Today Feed
The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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TheCollector
Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that...
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“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
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Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
a month ago
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
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Banned Book Week Begins...
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Banned Book Week Begins...
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
History Today Feed
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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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
Flashbak
Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
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Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
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Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
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The Life and Work of Pheidias
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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
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British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
TheCollector
Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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Secret of the Stoics
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
11 months ago
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
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Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
TheCollector
Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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TheCollector
Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
TheCollector
How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Anxiety
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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TheCollector
How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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Flashbak
Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
5 months ago
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
TheCollector
Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
9 months ago
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
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TheCollector
What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
9 months ago
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
10 months ago
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
9 months ago
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
TheCollector
Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
2 months ago
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...
History Today Feed
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
6 months ago
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
TheCollector
Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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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...
2 months ago
“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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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
11 months ago
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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TheCollector
“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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TheCollector
10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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TheCollector
Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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TheCollector
Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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TheCollector
5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
Classical Wisdom
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Classics Gifts!
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France’s Long March Against Racism
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
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France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
TheCollector
Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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TheCollector
Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
10 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
TheCollector
Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
a month ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
TheCollector
Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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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
African History...
A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
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demystifying an ancient African society
Classical Wisdom
Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
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Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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4 Important Philosophers of German Idealism You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
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Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
TheCollector
From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
TheCollector
Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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TheCollector
A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
a month ago
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
TheCollector
What Does It Mean to Be a Critical Thinker?
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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Plato Vs Aristotle
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Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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Plastic Surgery as Art? 6 Facts About ORLAN
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
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New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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Who Were the Allied Powers?
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
a month ago
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
TheCollector
College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
TheCollector
7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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