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6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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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...
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time
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Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
2 months ago
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
TheCollector
The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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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...
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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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
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
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The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
TheCollector
Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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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...
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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,...
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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Where did the time go?
Important Notice
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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What Is Solipsism?
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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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...
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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...
Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
a year ago
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
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Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
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The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
TheCollector
The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
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This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
Classical Wisdom
Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious 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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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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History Today Feed
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
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Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
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Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
Flashbak
Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
3 months ago
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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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...
9 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...
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
TheCollector
Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
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TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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What Is Gnosticism?
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
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A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
TheCollector
What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
TheCollector
The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
a year ago
Laconic wit through the centuries
TheCollector
10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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Flashbak
Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
6 months ago
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
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In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
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Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
TheCollector
How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
3 months ago
Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
a month ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
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
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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TheCollector
Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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What Is Nestorianism?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
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Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
Classical Wisdom
What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
TheCollector
Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Flashbak
Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might...
8 months ago
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might have heard that Ernest Hemingway wrote a six-word short story in response to a $10 bet that so few words could make the reader cry. Hemingway won with: “For sale: Baby shoes. Never...
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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Classical Wisdom
Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
a year ago
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
TheCollector
David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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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...
African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
TheCollector
Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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Flashbak
Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
9 months ago
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
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László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
TheCollector
Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
TheCollector
How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
4 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
TheCollector
Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
TheCollector
3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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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...
2 weeks 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...
Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
NEW Event
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The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
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And Her Controversial Religion
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10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
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At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
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When Did the Korean War Start?
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
6 months ago
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
9 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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Weekend Roundup
Animals of the Ancient World
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Animals of the Ancient World
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
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This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
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Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
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Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
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What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
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Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
History Today Feed
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
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Does Karma Exist?
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How the CCP is Closing China
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
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In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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What Is Populism?
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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The Birth of Ovid
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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Wrong Side of...
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
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History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
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The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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Who Were the Allied Powers?
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10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
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over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
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Urbanism in the forest region.
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First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
A history of the monastic high life
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A history of the monastic high life
TheCollector
Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
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“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
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Both in the ancient world... and today?
TheCollector
Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
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3 weeks ago
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
Classical Wisdom
Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
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10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
a month ago
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
8 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
6 months ago
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
TheCollector
Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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Classical Wisdom
Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
a year ago
TheCollector
New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
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