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Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
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a year ago
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The Tudor War on Libel
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
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A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
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Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
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plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
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Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
4 months ago
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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a year ago
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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4 months ago
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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a year ago
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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3 months ago
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What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
a month ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
TheCollector
What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
a year ago
And what happens when we don’t?
TheCollector
Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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2 months ago
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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a year ago
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What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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TheCollector
10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
TheCollector
Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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10 months ago
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Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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7 months ago
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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2 months ago
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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5 months ago
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
4 months ago
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
History Today Feed
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
3 months ago
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
When Was the First Crusade?
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
TheCollector
The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
9 months ago
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
TheCollector
Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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4 months ago
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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9 months ago
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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10 months ago
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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4 months ago
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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10 months ago
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
4 months ago
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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a year ago
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
7 months ago
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
TheCollector
5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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2 months ago
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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a year ago
TheCollector
When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
10 months ago
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
TheCollector
British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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11 months ago
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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2 months ago
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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a year ago
Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
2 months ago
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
TheCollector
“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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11 months ago
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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4 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
a year ago
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
TheCollector
London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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a year ago
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Who Was Eusebius?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
6 months ago
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
History Today Feed
The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
6 months ago
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
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Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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a year ago
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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5 months ago
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
The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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10 months ago
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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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a year ago
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Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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6 months ago
Flashbak
The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
6 months ago
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
Flashbak
Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
7 months ago
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
History Today Feed
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
a year ago
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
a year ago
TheCollector
Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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7 months ago
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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a year ago
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Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
5 months ago
TheCollector
7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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a year ago
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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a year ago
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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2 months ago
Flashbak
A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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a month ago
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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a year ago
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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5 months ago
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Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
2 weeks ago
But who is prepared to admit it?
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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a year ago
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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a month ago
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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3 months ago
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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6 months ago
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
9 months ago
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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2 months ago
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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4 months ago
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
2 weeks ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
TheCollector
Who Were the Maccabees?
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7 months ago
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René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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11 months ago
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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4 months ago
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
TheCollector
10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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3 weeks ago
Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
History Today Feed
The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
Flashbak
Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
3 weeks ago
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
3 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
TheCollector
What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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9 months ago
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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a year ago
Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
TheCollector
Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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a year ago
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
a year ago
TheCollector
It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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3 weeks ago
African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
9 months ago
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
TheCollector
Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
3 months ago
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
TheCollector
How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle on Friendship
a year ago
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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7 months ago
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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11 months ago
African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
a year ago
Africa's past carved in ivory
TheCollector
The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Epics Collection
5 months ago
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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a year ago
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