TheCollector
The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
a week ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
History Today Feed
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
2 months ago
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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TheCollector
Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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TheCollector
5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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3 months ago
TheCollector
10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
4 weeks ago
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
TheCollector
How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 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 August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
Flashbak
Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
7 months ago
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
TheCollector
Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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TheCollector
Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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TheCollector
Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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TheCollector
7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Julio-Claudians
5 months ago
TheCollector
Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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11 months ago
Res Obscura
Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
a year ago
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
TheCollector
8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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TheCollector
6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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TheCollector
Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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Classical Wisdom
Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
a month ago
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
TheCollector
5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
TheCollector
Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
9 months ago
TheCollector
The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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TheCollector
Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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TheCollector
Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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TheCollector
Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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TheCollector
When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
TheCollector
What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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TheCollector
Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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TheCollector
10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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TheCollector
The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
9 months ago
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
History Today Feed
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
TheCollector
What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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TheCollector
How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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TheCollector
Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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a year ago
Flashbak
Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
4 months ago
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
TheCollector
When Was the First Crusade?
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7 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
2 months ago
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
TheCollector
Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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TheCollector
Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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TheCollector
Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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5 months ago
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
Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
8 months ago
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
TheCollector
Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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TheCollector
Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Early Bird is Ending
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
11 months ago
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
TheCollector
Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
a year ago
The Life and Work of Pheidias
TheCollector
What Is an Existential Crisis?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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a month ago
History Today Feed
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
7 months ago
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
TheCollector
The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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6 months ago
weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
a year ago
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
Classical Wisdom
The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
7 months ago
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
TheCollector
“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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TheCollector
What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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a year ago
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...
2 months ago
“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...
CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
a week ago
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
5 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
TheCollector
Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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TheCollector
Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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a year ago
TheCollector
Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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5 days ago
TheCollector
Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
10 months ago
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
TheCollector
How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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TheCollector
How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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a year ago
TheCollector
Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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TheCollector
Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
6 months ago
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
3 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
10 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
Flashbak
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)...
8 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...
TheCollector
The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
a year ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
TheCollector
Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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a week ago
Classical Wisdom
Sappho: The Lost Poetess
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
a year ago
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
Classical Wisdom
Women of Ancient Rome
The First Roman Empress and More...
9 months ago
The First Roman Empress and More...
TheCollector
Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
a year ago
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
TheCollector
4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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TheCollector
Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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5 months ago
TheCollector
When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
7 months ago
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
a month ago
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
Classical Wisdom
Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
a year ago
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
a year ago
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
5 days ago
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
TheCollector
10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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Classical Wisdom
Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
7 months ago
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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11 months ago
Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
8 months ago
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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a year ago
TheCollector
9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
6 months ago
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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TheCollector
What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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TheCollector
“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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8 months ago
Flashbak
On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
9 months ago
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
TheCollector
Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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TheCollector
Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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3 months ago
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...
TheCollector
What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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10 months ago
weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
7 months ago
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
TheCollector
What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
6 months ago
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
TheCollector
Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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a year ago
TheCollector
Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
TheCollector
How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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TheCollector
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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TheCollector
6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
TheCollector
Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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TheCollector
Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
TheCollector
5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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a year ago
Flashbak
Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
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1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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Ancient Philosophy for Children
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
Flashbak
Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
2 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
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Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
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Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
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Nature in Greek Myth
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
TheCollector
10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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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...
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9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
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The Antikythera Mechanism
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
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When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
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The KGB After Stalin
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
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'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
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Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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a year ago
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Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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CrimethInc.
How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
a month ago
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a hurricane has just torn through the state,...
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
a month ago
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
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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...
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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What Was Organization Todt?
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
5 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
TheCollector
Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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What Was the Kido Butai?
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
a month ago
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
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Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
8 months ago
Part One, anyway. More next week.
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
11 months ago
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
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Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
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The Origins of Oppenheimer?
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
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6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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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
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A complete history of Zeila (Zayla): ca. 800-1885 CE.
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
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Journal of African cities: chapter 14
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
2 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
History Today Feed
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
4 months ago
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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