Classical Wisdom
Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
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How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
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Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
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Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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The Tragedy of Ajax
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Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
Flashbak
Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
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The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
a month ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
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This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
TheCollector
Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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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...
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 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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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
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Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
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Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
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Flashbak
Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
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Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
TheCollector
The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
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Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
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Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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The First Biographers
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...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
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What Was the Chaco War?
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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What Was Cultural Life in the Weimar Republic Like?
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NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
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Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
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Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
Open Culture
Francis Ford Coppola Picks His Favorite Criterion Movies & Gives Advice to Filmmakers
Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video...
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Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video label’s finest releases, Francis Ford Coppola speaks of a director who “believed in a film he wanted to make, and used his entire fortune, because the financing system of the time...
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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Classical Wisdom
LIVE Event: What is Plagiarism?
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
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With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
TheCollector
Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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What Is Thatcherism?
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10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
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We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
Classical Wisdom
A Few Spots Left
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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It's just that some people don't realise it.
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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Was Jesus a Radical?
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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Things Are Falling Apart ...
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And the centre's not looking too good, either.
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
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And fiddling won't fix it.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
History Today Feed
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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Classical Wisdom
What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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Summary of changes for February 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 February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
TheCollector
How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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Essential Classics
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The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
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And the Boundless Universe
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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Flashbak
On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
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‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
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The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks,...
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With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
3 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
History Today Feed
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
a year ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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History Today Feed
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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TheCollector
How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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What Is Theodicy?
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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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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Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
11 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
6 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
2 months ago
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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The Scene That Reveals the Beauty of Classic Hollywood Cinema
1939 is widely considered the greatest year in Hollywood history. Back then, writes 1939: The Year...
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1939 is widely considered the greatest year in Hollywood history. Back then, writes 1939: The Year in Movies author Tom Flannery, the so-called “Big Eight” major American studios “had a combined 590 actors, 114 directors and 340 writers under contract, each of whom worked an...
TheCollector
JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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History Today Feed
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
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Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
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Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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In Praise of the Preterite
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Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
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Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
2 months ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works
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Zangbeto: Get to Know Voodoo’s Whirling Spirit Dance
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TheCollector
The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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TheCollector
What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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TheCollector
Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
4 weeks ago
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
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TheCollector
Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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TheCollector
How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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TheCollector
Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2023
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
a year ago
TheCollector
Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
5 months ago
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
Trying to Understand...
Le Missile passera toujours ... mais qui est prêt à l’admettre ?
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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a month ago
History Today Feed
The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
7 months ago
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
TheCollector
Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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TheCollector
Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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TheCollector
11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
a year ago
TheCollector
Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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TheCollector
The Phoenician Spoken & Written Language: What You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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TheCollector
The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
a month ago
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
TheCollector
These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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TheCollector
7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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TheCollector
When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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TheCollector
What Were the Consolations of Boethius?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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Flashbak
Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
7 months ago
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
TheCollector
Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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TheCollector
5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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TheCollector
A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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TheCollector
Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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TheCollector
Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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TheCollector
What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
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The Essential Greeks Returns!
TheCollector
What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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8 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
a year ago
Power laws in criminal behavior
TheCollector
The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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a year ago
TheCollector
Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
2 months ago
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
African History...
Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
a year ago
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
6 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
TheCollector
Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
TheCollector
6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
TheCollector
Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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TheCollector
The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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TheCollector
The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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TheCollector
Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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TheCollector
Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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TheCollector
A History of the United States Supreme Court
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TheCollector
Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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TheCollector
Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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TheCollector
Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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TheCollector
10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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TheCollector
The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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TheCollector
The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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TheCollector
Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
11 months ago
TheCollector
Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
6 months ago
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
TheCollector
Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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TheCollector
Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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TheCollector
The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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TheCollector
Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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Flashbak
William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
10 months ago
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place” – William S. Burroughs It wasn’t all writing, drug taking, walks among the mysteries, cut ups, fomenting revolution, guns and launching assaults on Soho coffee bars in a typical...
TheCollector
A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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TheCollector
What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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TheCollector
10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
a year ago
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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History and Myth
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TheCollector
The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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TheCollector
Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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TheCollector
8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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TheCollector
Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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Classical Wisdom
The Pompeii Mosaics
Frozen by Fire
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TheCollector
8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
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?
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...
TheCollector
Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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TheCollector
History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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TheCollector
What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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Flashbak
The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
11 months ago
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
TheCollector
10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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Classical Wisdom
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Last Chance!
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TheCollector
Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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TheCollector
The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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Flashbak
Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
3 months ago
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
TheCollector
Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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What is Appalachian Culture?
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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TheCollector
Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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TheCollector
What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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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
6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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TheCollector
What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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a year ago
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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