TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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What Is Capoeira?
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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TheCollector
Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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10 Myths About the Greek Goddess Athena
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
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a year ago
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
Classical Wisdom
Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
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Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
TheCollector
Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
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*my article for ROAPE journal
Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
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TheCollector
The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
TheCollector
The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
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Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
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This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
9 months ago
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TheCollector
Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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Calm in the Face of Crisis
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Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
TheCollector
Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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TheCollector
How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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Hidden History
The French Space Cat Felicette
France joined the Space Race in the 1950s, and one of her missions was a test flight involving the...
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France joined the Space Race in the 1950s, and one of her missions was a test flight involving the first (and so far only) cat to enter space. It did not end well for the cat. In the aftermath of the Second World War, France, under the leadership of General Charles De Gaulle, was...
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
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What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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TheCollector
10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
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The Great Flood
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...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
TheCollector
A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
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Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
TheCollector
Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
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An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
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10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
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11 months ago
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
TheCollector
Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
TheCollector
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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Classical Wisdom
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
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Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
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TheCollector
Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
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The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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Flashbak
On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
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‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
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a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
TheCollector
5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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3 months ago
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
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While West Africa has been part of the Muslim world since the late Middle Ages, as famously demonstrated by the golden pilgrimage of Mali's Mansa Musa in 1324, Islam had only arrived in the region at the close of the 1st millennium.
TheCollector
The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
History Today Feed
Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
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Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
Overcoming Bias
What Priority The Innocent?
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
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It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
Classical Wisdom
Important Notification
New Cabins *NOW* Available
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New Cabins *NOW* Available
TheCollector
4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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Flashbak
Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
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Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
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a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
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Korea’s War of Prisoners
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
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The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
TheCollector
7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
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Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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Classical Wisdom
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Last Chance!
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We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
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We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
TheCollector
Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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Classical Wisdom
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Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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TheCollector
Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
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This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
TheCollector
American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
TheCollector
Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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History Today Feed
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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Res Obscura
Why did clothing become boring?
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like...
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An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like when they didn't
TheCollector
Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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Hundred Rabbits
hello fujisan
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...
Classical Wisdom
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
4 months ago
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
TheCollector
Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
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5 months ago
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
TheCollector
The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
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In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
TheCollector
Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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Flashbak
New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
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For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
Classical Wisdom
Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
a year ago
Belief in the Ancient World
TheCollector
The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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TheCollector
10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens
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The Original Femme Fatales?
TheCollector
Lost Battlefield of Alexander the Great Discovered in Türkiye
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
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a year ago
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
TheCollector
Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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History Today Feed
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
a year ago
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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Flashbak
Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
3 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
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