TheCollector
Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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TheCollector
What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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TheCollector
The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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TheCollector
4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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TheCollector
What Was the Berlin Conference?
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TheCollector
Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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TheCollector
Who Was Julius Caesar?
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African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
8 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
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...
TheCollector
The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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TheCollector
Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
8 months ago
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
Flashbak
Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
a month ago
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
3 weeks ago
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
a year ago
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
TheCollector
7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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TheCollector
Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
TheCollector
London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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Flashbak
Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
a year ago
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
TheCollector
From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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TheCollector
Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
Flashbak
I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
a month ago
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
TheCollector
4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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TheCollector
Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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TheCollector
How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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TheCollector
John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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TheCollector
10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
7 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
TheCollector
Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
History Today Feed
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
a year ago
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
TheCollector
6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
TheCollector
Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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TheCollector
Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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TheCollector
7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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TheCollector
Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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TheCollector
Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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TheCollector
8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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TheCollector
Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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TheCollector
4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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TheCollector
Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
a month ago
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
TheCollector
Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
Flashbak
London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
TheCollector
How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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TheCollector
When Was D-Day?
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TheCollector
Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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Hidden History
The 1914 Christmas Truce
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous...
a week ago
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous events to come out of the First World War. Some have called it the last gasp of the chivalric age of professional militaries and gentlemen officers, to be followed by the full horrors...
TheCollector
Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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TheCollector
Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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TheCollector
Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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History Today Feed
How the CCP is Closing China
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
7 months ago
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
11 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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TheCollector
The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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TheCollector
4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
11 months ago
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
6 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
TheCollector
How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
TheCollector
The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
7 months ago
Should you meet your heroes?
TheCollector
Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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TheCollector
Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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TheCollector
Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
TheCollector
The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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TheCollector
Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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TheCollector
How Did the Islamic Golden Age Shape Knowledge and Discovery?
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Flashbak
Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
TheCollector
Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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TheCollector
The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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TheCollector
3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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TheCollector
Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
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6 months ago
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
TheCollector
Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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Flashbak
Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
2 months ago
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
TheCollector
How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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TheCollector
Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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TheCollector
7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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TheCollector
5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
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“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Secrets of Crete
a year ago
TheCollector
How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
TheCollector
The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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TheCollector
Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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TheCollector
Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
2 months ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
TheCollector
The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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TheCollector
History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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TheCollector
Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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TheCollector
How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
11 months ago
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
a year ago
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
2 weeks ago
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
African History...
The Meroitic script and the documents of ancient Kush (ca. 300BC-450CE)
The Meroitic writing system of the kingdom of Kush is one of the best-known, yet most enigmatic...
a week ago
The Meroitic writing system of the kingdom of Kush is one of the best-known, yet most enigmatic scripts of the ancient world.
TheCollector
A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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TheCollector
How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
TheCollector
Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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History Today Feed
‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
7 months ago
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
A Few Spots Left
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
a month ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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...
7 months ago
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
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
7 months ago
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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TheCollector
Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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TheCollector
More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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TheCollector
Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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TheCollector
A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
8 months ago
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
Flashbak
Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
11 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
TheCollector
A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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Flashbak
East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
8 months ago
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
Open Culture
The Complete History of the Music Video: From the 1890s to Today
If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are...
5 days ago
If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are not obviously music videos. The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the first selection of MTV’s inaugural broadcast, must surely count as a music video — but then, it was...
TheCollector
Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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TheCollector
How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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TheCollector
Who Were the Kuomintang?
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TheCollector
Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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TheCollector
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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9 months ago
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
Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
TheCollector
Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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TheCollector
Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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TheCollector
How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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TheCollector
What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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TheCollector
Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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TheCollector
8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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TheCollector
The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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TheCollector
Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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TheCollector
A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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TheCollector
Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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TheCollector
What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
TheCollector
How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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TheCollector
Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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TheCollector
Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
over a year ago
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
TheCollector
5 Famous Black Mexicans
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TheCollector
Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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TheCollector
Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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TheCollector
Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Gaius Marius
... and the Fall of the Republic
11 months ago
... and the Fall of the Republic
TheCollector
Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
11 months ago
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
a year ago
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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Harold Lloyd’s Amazing Christmas Tree
For American actor Harold Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) Christmas was the time to...
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For American actor Harold Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) Christmas was the time to illuminate his home in Beverly Hills, California, with a magnificent tree. His granddaughter Suzanne says preparation began around Thanksgiving (the fourth Thursday in November), when her...
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
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Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
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Fear the worst, hope for the best.
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5...
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“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5 September 1946 in Vsetín) is a Czech photographer best known for his documentary photography. He concentrates on documenting the rural life and people of Czech villages. His...
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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Trying to Understand...
Reality Would Like A Word.
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
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Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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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...
a year ago
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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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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Arguing with the Dead
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JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
11 months ago
Arguing with the Dead
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Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
4 months ago
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
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Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
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Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
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The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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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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The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
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journal of African cities chapter 9
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and...
2 months ago
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and Sketches Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877–August 9, 1962) speaks of the search for truth and that sense of escaping into the natural world in this 1920 collection of his pros,...
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
9 months ago
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
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Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
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Hundred Rabbits
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over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
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JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
The Death of Einhard the Historian
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Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
a year ago
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
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Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
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a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2023
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year 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
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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Classical Wisdom
Final Call
Class Begins Tomorrow
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Trying to Understand...
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Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
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Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
over a year ago
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
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Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
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Andromeda: The Beauty of the Mediterranean
Take a Santa Pause
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
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How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
a month ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
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Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
a year ago
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
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What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle on Friendship
a year ago
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
8 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
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What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
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Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
African History...
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uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
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“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Santa and The Space Men
It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you. Something about Santa and Flying...
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Santa and the Space Men is a play for children about how Santa is...
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
a year ago
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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a year ago
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
8 months ago
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
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Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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Weekend Roundup
Monsters and Myths
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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a year ago
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
a year ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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