TheCollector
Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
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In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
TheCollector
What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
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Classical Wisdom
Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
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The Silence of the Elephants
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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Upcoming Events
So you're in the know...
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
TheCollector
8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
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A Different View of Thucydides
TheCollector
Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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History Today Feed
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
2 months ago
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
TheCollector
Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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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,...
TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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TheCollector
Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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TheCollector
Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
11 months ago
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
History Today Feed
US President or American Caesar?
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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Trying to Understand...
The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
TheCollector
6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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TheCollector
Who Was George Hodel?
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TheCollector
Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
2 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
TheCollector
4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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TheCollector
Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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TheCollector
The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
a year ago
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
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The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
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...
Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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TheCollector
4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
5 months ago
Without living forever in fear and worry?
TheCollector
Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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TheCollector
Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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Classical Wisdom
The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
6 months ago
And the Boundless Universe
African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
TheCollector
When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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TheCollector
Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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Flashbak
48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
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In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
TheCollector
What Is Anti-Natalism?
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Flashbak
Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
6 months ago
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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TheCollector
James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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TheCollector
Who Were the Pilgrims?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
10 months ago
On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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TheCollector
Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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TheCollector
Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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Ode to a Grecian Tour
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
10 months ago
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
3 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
TheCollector
5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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Classical Wisdom
Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
TheCollector
Who Was Julius Caesar?
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History Today Feed
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
6 months ago
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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TheCollector
What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
TheCollector
What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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TheCollector
Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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TheCollector
How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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TheCollector
Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
TheCollector
How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
a month ago
TheCollector
What Are Conlangs?
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TheCollector
Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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TheCollector
How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
11 months ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
History Today Feed
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
Flashbak
Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
9 months ago
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
TheCollector
Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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Classical Wisdom
Essential Classics
Memorial Sales Ends
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
a year ago
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
TheCollector
3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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History Today Feed
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
a year ago
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
Flashbak
Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
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Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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TheCollector
How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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TheCollector
Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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TheCollector
The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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TheCollector
17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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TheCollector
How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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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...
TheCollector
19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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TheCollector
8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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Classical Wisdom
Where did the time go?
Important Notice
4 weeks ago
TheCollector
Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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TheCollector
Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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History Today Feed
How French Was Medieval England?
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
11 months ago
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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TheCollector
Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
TheCollector
How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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TheCollector
Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
History Today Feed
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
2 weeks ago
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
Flashbak
Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the...
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Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
History Today Feed
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
3 weeks ago
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
TheCollector
5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
2 weeks ago
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
TheCollector
10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
5 days ago
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
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Who Was Vernon Lee?
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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TheCollector
5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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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...
TheCollector
Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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TheCollector
What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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TheCollector
Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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Flashbak
The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
4 months ago
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
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The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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TheCollector
What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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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...
TheCollector
6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
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Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
TheCollector
What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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TheCollector
Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
TheCollector
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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History Today Feed
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
a month ago
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
TheCollector
King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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TheCollector
7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
9 months ago
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
TheCollector
What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
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Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
Flashbak
Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
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Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
TheCollector
4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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Flashbak
1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
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British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
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Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
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Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
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Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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The Mystery of the Mind
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
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U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
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Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
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The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
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Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
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Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
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Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
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The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
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a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
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A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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Democracy
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The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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Flashbak
Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
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As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
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Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
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Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
Classical Wisdom
Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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Overcoming Bias
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When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
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Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
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In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
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As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
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Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
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Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
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British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
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A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
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“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
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So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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