TheCollector
The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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TheCollector
5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
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Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
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African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
TheCollector
7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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TheCollector
The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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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...
over a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
TheCollector
5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
a year ago
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
TheCollector
The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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TheCollector
7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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Words and Worlds: Does Language Shape Our Reality?
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Open Culture
Laurie Anderson’s Mind-Blowing Performance of C. P. Cavafy’s Poems “Waiting for the Barbarians” &...
In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as...
2 weeks ago
In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as being “set in ancient Rome.” That’s a reasonable interpretation, given that it contains an emperor, senators, and orators, though Cavafy himself said that none of them are...
TheCollector
3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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TheCollector
Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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Cicero and Leadership
Philosophy in Action?
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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TheCollector
Secret Renaissance Passageway Reopens in Florence
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Flashbak
The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
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Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
TheCollector
What Was Dante’s Political Philosophy?
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History Today Feed
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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TheCollector
Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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TheCollector
4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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Flashbak
This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
3 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
History Today Feed
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
Flashbak
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...
2 months ago
“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...
TheCollector
What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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TheCollector
What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Odyssey
Homer's Homecoming
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TheCollector
Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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Classical Wisdom
Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
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Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
TheCollector
What Is a Film Auteur?
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TheCollector
7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
3 months ago
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
TheCollector
7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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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...
Classical Wisdom
What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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TheCollector
Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
a month ago
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
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Global Inequality...
Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
TheCollector
What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
Trying to Understand...
Little People With Agency.
No, not that Agency.
4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
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
How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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TheCollector
Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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TheCollector
Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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TheCollector
Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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Classical Wisdom
Why Socrates Matters
New Event: November 22
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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TheCollector
Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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Classical Wisdom
The First Greek Philosopher
Beyond Mythology
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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TheCollector
What Are Slavoj Žižek’s Most Intriguing Ideas?
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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TheCollector
A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
TheCollector
The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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TheCollector
What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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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
Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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10 Can’t-Miss South American Films
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10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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History Today Feed
Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
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Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
2 months ago
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
Classical Wisdom
Ode to a Grecian Tour
Seats Still Available
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TheCollector
The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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Classical Wisdom
How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
a year ago
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
TheCollector
10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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TheCollector
Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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TheCollector
Who Was George Hodel?
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TheCollector
What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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History Today Feed
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
5 months ago
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
TheCollector
Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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5 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
3 months ago
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
TheCollector
The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857: Causes, Events, & Legacy
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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
Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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TheCollector
The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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TheCollector
Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
2 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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TheCollector
The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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TheCollector
Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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weird medieval guys
The coolest medieval woman you've never heard of
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
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Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
a month ago
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
TheCollector
What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
9 months ago
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
Did Jesus Live in India?
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TheCollector
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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TheCollector
British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
11 months ago
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
2 months ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
TheCollector
How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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TheCollector
What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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TheCollector
The Extraordinary Story of Dido Elizabeth Belle
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TheCollector
The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
TheCollector
Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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a month ago
TheCollector
How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
7 months ago
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
Trying to Understand...
Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
3 months ago
We are lost in a haunted wood.
TheCollector
The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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3 months ago
TheCollector
King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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TheCollector
What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
TheCollector
Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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2 months ago
African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
8 months ago
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
TheCollector
Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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4 months ago
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...
a month ago
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...
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
5 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
History Today Feed
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
4 months ago
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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a year ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
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...
3 weeks 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
Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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TheCollector
Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
Classical Wisdom
Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
a year ago
TheCollector
Cotton & How It Changed the World
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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a year ago
TheCollector
Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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a year ago
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
7 months ago
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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8 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
11 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
TheCollector
Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces of news.
12 months ago
And some bits and pieces of news.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
TheCollector
4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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TheCollector
10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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Classical Wisdom
[Last Chance] The Essential Greeks
Starting TOMORROW - January 15th, 2025
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Starting TOMORROW - January 15th, 2025
TheCollector
What Was Négritude?
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TheCollector
5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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TheCollector
Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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TheCollector
History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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TheCollector
World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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6 months ago
Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
a month ago
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
TheCollector
The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Lineup Revealed for First Sotheby’s Auction in Saudi Arabia
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Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
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Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
Open Culture
Everything You Need to Know About Saturday Night Live: A Deep Dive into Every Season of the Iconic...
Saturday Night Live began its 50th season last fall, around the same time as the premiere of Jason...
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Saturday Night Live began its 50th season last fall, around the same time as the premiere of Jason Reitman’s film Saturday Night, which dramatizes the program’s 1975 debut. All of this has put fans into something of a retrospective mood, especially if they happen to have been...
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The Metamorphoses du Jour by JJ Grandville – 1829
Told in 73 coloured lithographs, Les Metamorphoses du Jour (1829) by French artist J.J. Gandville...
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Told in 73 coloured lithographs, Les Metamorphoses du Jour (1829) by French artist J.J. Gandville (born Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gérard; 1803-1847) is a satire on the bourgeois middle class of Parisian society in the Romantic period. Grandville’s characters have a human body and an...
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16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
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Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
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Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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Watch Design for Disaster, a 1962 Film That Shows Why Los Angeles Is Always at Risk of Devastating...
“This is fire season in Los Angeles,” Joan Didion once wrote, relating how every year “the Santa Ana...
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“This is fire season in Los Angeles,” Joan Didion once wrote, relating how every year “the Santa Ana winds start blowing down through the passes, and the relative humidity drops to figures like seven or six or three per cent, and the bougainvillea starts rattling in the driveway,...
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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African History...
a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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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...
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
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In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
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Yves Tanguy: 6 Facts About the Outstanding Surrealist
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The Essential Greeks Returns!
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The Essential Greeks Returns!
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10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
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Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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How to Unlock Your Unconscious According to Carl Jung
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
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Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
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Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
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6 Micronations You Should Know
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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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Europe's absent-minded revolution
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How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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What Was Voltaire’s Philosophy?
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Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
11 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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Can Violence Be Justified? A Philosophical Approach
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Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
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“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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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.
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
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Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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Heracles Slays the Stymphalian Birds: The Hero’s Sixth Labor
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Psychology & Spirituality: Exploring the Intersection With Carl Jung’s Analytical Psychology
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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What Is Nestorianism?
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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The Rebecca Riots: Why Did Wales Rise Up?
The Rebecca Riots: Why Did Wales Rise Up?
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Wed, 01/08/2025 - 09:37
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Wed, 01/08/2025 - 09:37
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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France’s Long March Against Racism
France’s Long March Against Racism
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Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
a year ago
France’s Long March Against Racism
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Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
6 months ago
A book review from the future.
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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The Handwriting of 12 Famous Authors
“My spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.”...
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“My spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.” ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh In The Handwriting of 12 Famous Authors we look at writers who communicated in long hand, and sometimes wrote their books in the same manner. For...
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
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),...
2 months ago
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.
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
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Tolkien and Plato
a year ago
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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Secret of the Stoics
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What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
10 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
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In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
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The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
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Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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The Pompeii Mosaics
Frozen by Fire
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Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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Petra and Passports
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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