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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
TheCollector
What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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a year ago
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...
TheCollector
6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
TheCollector
Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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Classical Wisdom
Hades
The God of the Dead
a year ago
TheCollector
The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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TheCollector
Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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TheCollector
Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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TheCollector
Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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Classical Wisdom
Early Bird is Ending
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
a year ago
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
7 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
TheCollector
Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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TheCollector
How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
6 months ago
Without living forever in fear and worry?
Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
11 months ago
Why the liberal project will fail
TheCollector
World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
6 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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TheCollector
How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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4 months ago
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The Rebecca Riots: Why Did Wales Rise Up?
The Rebecca Riots: Why Did Wales Rise Up?
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/08/2025 - 09:37
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The Rebecca Riots: Why Did Wales Rise Up?
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/08/2025 - 09:37
African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
7 months ago
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
TheCollector
How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
a year ago
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
TheCollector
Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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a year ago
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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5 months ago
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
5 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
TheCollector
Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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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...
2 weeks 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
The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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Who Was Vernon Lee?
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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9 months ago
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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a year ago
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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a year ago
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.
TheCollector
The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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6 Must-See English Castles
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
a year ago
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
a month ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
TheCollector
Norse Mythology: Pantheon, Ragnarok, Creation, & More
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
TheCollector
Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
3 months ago
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Is Theodicy?
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Fellow believers or fellow citizens?
Liberalism dies in darkness
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Liberalism dies in darkness
TheCollector
Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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Are You a Fan of Gothic Literature? 5 Most Iconic Locations in the UK
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Classical Wisdom
What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Romance Languages?
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a year ago
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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TheCollector
Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
TheCollector
Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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TheCollector
The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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TheCollector
How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain?
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3 weeks ago
Overcoming Bias
What Would Socrates Do?
Christians often ask themselves, as a guide to living, “What would Jesus do?” In her new book Open...
3 days ago
Christians often ask themselves, as a guide to living, “What would Jesus do?” In her new book Open Socrates, my podcast-cohost Agnes Callard suggests we instead ask “What would Socrates do?”
Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
a month ago
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
5 months ago
Golden Age of Latin Literature
Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
8 months ago
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
TheCollector
How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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Who Is Kiki Smith?
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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10 months ago
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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a year ago
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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a year ago
Open Culture
Watch Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo and Gertie the Dinosaur, and Witness the Birth of Modern Animation...
“Considering that, in a cartoon, anything can happen that the mind can imagine, the comics have...
5 days ago
“Considering that, in a cartoon, anything can happen that the mind can imagine, the comics have generally depicted pretty mundane worlds,” writes Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson. “Sure, there have been talking animals, a few spaceships and whatnot, but the comics have...
TheCollector
Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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9 months ago
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