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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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What Is Absolute Idealism According to Hegel?
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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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...
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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...
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Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
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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,...
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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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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
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Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
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Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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Space Ship to the Moon (1952)
Happy New Year!
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Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the illustrations in this book. The story is OK but the visions of spacecraft, a space station and mining on the Moon are worth seeing. This is a relatively low cost book used so if you like...
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What Are the Romance Languages?
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
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First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
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At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
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You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Performed by a Choir of 4,000 Singers
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from...
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Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from Toronto that meets weekly and sings their hearts out. You’ve seen them sing Prince’s “When Doves Cry,” Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” (to honor Chris Cornell), and Patti Smith’s...
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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Archaeologists Find Colorful Still Life Frescoes at Pompeii
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Summary of changes for October
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over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
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Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
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Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
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Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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10 Charming Medieval Villages in Austria to Visit
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
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In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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Does Marcus Matter?
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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...
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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...
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1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
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“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
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This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
TheCollector
Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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TheCollector
10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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TheCollector
9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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Flashbak
Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
10 months ago
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
TheCollector
JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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TheCollector
Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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TheCollector
George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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TheCollector
What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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TheCollector
Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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TheCollector
A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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TheCollector
How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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TheCollector
7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
3 weeks ago
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
3 weeks ago
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...
Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
8 months ago
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
TheCollector
How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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TheCollector
Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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Flashbak
Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
6 months ago
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
TheCollector
9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
a year ago
an African portrait of an African society
Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
5 months ago
TheCollector
Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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TheCollector
Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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TheCollector
The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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TheCollector
What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
3 weeks ago
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
History Today Feed
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
5 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
TheCollector
Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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TheCollector
What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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CrimethInc.
Sacrificial Violence and Retribution
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way...
a week ago
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way to understand the different forms of violence that are coming to the fore in our society right now. In the appendix, we offer an incomplete roundup of various responses to the...
CrimethInc.
How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
a month ago
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a hurricane has just torn through the state,...
A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
TheCollector
Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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Flashbak
Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
a year ago
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
TheCollector
Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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TheCollector
Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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TheCollector
Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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TheCollector
Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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History Today Feed
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
8 months ago
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
TheCollector
The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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TheCollector
7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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TheCollector
6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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TheCollector
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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TheCollector
The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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TheCollector
The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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TheCollector
The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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TheCollector
What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
a month ago
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
TheCollector
6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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TheCollector
7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
a year ago
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
TheCollector
Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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TheCollector
David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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TheCollector
History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
12 months ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
TheCollector
The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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TheCollector
The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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TheCollector
German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
TheCollector
Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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TheCollector
Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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TheCollector
Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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TheCollector
5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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TheCollector
The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
TheCollector
Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
4 months ago
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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Flashbak
Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
4 months ago
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
Wunderland Rabbits,...
TheCollector
What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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TheCollector
Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
TheCollector
10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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TheCollector
6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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TheCollector
Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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9 months ago
African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
a year ago
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
TheCollector
The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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a year ago
Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
9 months ago
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
a year ago
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
Trying to Understand...
What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
a year ago
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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a year ago
Flashbak
Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
7 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
a year ago
TheCollector
Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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TheCollector
5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
History Today Feed
The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
9 months ago
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
TheCollector
Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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TheCollector
Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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TheCollector
7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
8 months ago
Part One, anyway. More next week.
Open Culture
The New York Times Presents the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, Selected by 503 Novelists, Poets...
For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s...
a week ago
For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s just-published list of the 100 best books of the twenty-first century will summon dim memories of many a once-unignorable critical fuss. At one time or another over the past 25...
TheCollector
5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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TheCollector
Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works
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TheCollector
Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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TheCollector
The Historically Accurate Greek Armors of Dimitrios Katsikis (Interview)
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Flashbak
Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
a year ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
TheCollector
Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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TheCollector
Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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TheCollector
Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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a year ago
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...
8 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...
TheCollector
Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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TheCollector
Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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TheCollector
The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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TheCollector
The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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TheCollector
1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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