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What Was Cultural Life in the Weimar Republic Like?
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
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At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
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The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
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Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
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On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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Should We Follow Silly Laws?
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
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Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
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Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
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The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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What Is Panpsychism?
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
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Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
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The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
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Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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TheCollector
Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
2 months ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
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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...
a year ago
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...
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A Brief History of Aboriginal Australia: The World’s Oldest Culture
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Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
TheCollector
How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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10 Things to Do at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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JamesHoare
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
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Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
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TheCollector
10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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Advice from the Ancients
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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Weekend Roundup
Blindspots and Biographies
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Blindspots and Biographies
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
3 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
TheCollector
Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
11 months ago
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
TheCollector
Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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Flashbak
Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
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During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
TheCollector
What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
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Laconic wit through the centuries
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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Classical Wisdom
What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
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History Today Feed
The Value of Wills to Historians
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JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
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The Value of Wills to Historians
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TheCollector
5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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Anglo-French Wars: 13 Conflicts Between France & England
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
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an African portrait of an African society
TheCollector
TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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Wrong Side of...
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Open Culture
Hunter S. Thompson Remembers Jimmy Carter’s Captivating Bob Dylan Speech (1974)
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2 weeks ago
51 years ago, Hunter S. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, which “is still considered a kind of bible of political reporting,” noted Matt Taibbi in a 40th anniversary edition of the book. Fear and Loathing ’72 entered the canon of American political...
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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Sexy? Scary? Both?
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
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6 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
Open Culture
Nirvana Before They Were Nirvana: Watch Their 1988 Performance Recorded in a Radio Shack
Here’s a strange home video of Nirvana when they were unknown, playing inside a Radio Shack in the...
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Here’s a strange home video of Nirvana when they were unknown, playing inside a Radio Shack in the band’s hometown of Aberdeen, Washington. The video was recorded on the evening of January 24, 1988, after the store had closed. In those days the group went by the name of Ted Ed...
TheCollector
Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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Flashbak
Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’...
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“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’ received by George King from space, 1954 On May 8th 1954, London taxi driver George King was doing the household chores when he heard a voice. What came to be known as “The Command”...
TheCollector
12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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Classical Wisdom
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TheCollector
Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
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TheCollector
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
2 months ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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What Was the First Triumvirate?
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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Dr Alun Withey
To Tip or Not To Tip: A Victorian Traveller’s Perspective
Like it or not, tipping is a big part of hospitality and the service industry. Debates about how...
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Like it or not, tipping is a big part of hospitality and the service industry. Debates about how much/whether to tip rumble on, but they are not new. Even in the 18th and 19th centuries, travellers were complaining about the amount of unwanted or unexpected extras they had to pay...
TheCollector
Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
9 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
TheCollector
Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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Classical Wisdom
[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
Begins in Two Weeks
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
8 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
History Today Feed
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
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A Kodachrome Trip To Lord Howe Island in 1961
in 1961, a groud of freinds took a flight to Lord Howe Island, an irregularly crescent-shaped...
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in 1961, a groud of freinds took a flight to Lord Howe Island, an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of the Australian state of New South Wales. Many decades later the album of kodachrome photos they took were...
TheCollector
What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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Heracles Slays the Stymphalian Birds: The Hero’s Sixth Labor
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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History Today Feed
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
Flashbak
Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
8 months ago
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
TheCollector
What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
France’s Long March Against Racism
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
a year ago
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
Trying to Understand...
A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
What's it going to be, then?
a year ago
What's it going to be, then?
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
5 months ago
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
TheCollector
6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
7 months ago
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
2 months ago
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
TheCollector
How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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5 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
a month ago
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
TheCollector
Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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a year ago
Flashbak
Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
a month ago
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
Patterns in Humanity
2024 in writing
A brief recap of my 2024 posts
2 weeks ago
A brief recap of my 2024 posts
Flashbak
Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
9 months ago
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
History Today Feed
The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
a year ago
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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a year ago
Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
5 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
TheCollector
Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
4 months ago
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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a year ago
Flashbak
Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
6 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
TheCollector
Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
a year ago
Ancient Philosophy for Children
Trying to Understand...
The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
a year ago
We can't get there from here, anymore.
African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
9 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
TheCollector
What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
a month ago
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
a month ago
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
TheCollector
What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
TheCollector
How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Real Bjorn Ironside: Ragnar Lodbrok’s Most Famous Son
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2 days ago
TheCollector
6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
TheCollector
How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
History Today Feed
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
7 months ago
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
Flashbak
The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
8 months ago
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
TheCollector
The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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a year ago
TheCollector
More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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5 months ago
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
11 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
TheCollector
Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
a month ago
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
Classical Wisdom
Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
a year ago
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
Wrong Side of...
Britain is institutionally 'anti-racist'
The road from Macpherson to Rotherham
2 days ago
The road from Macpherson to Rotherham
TheCollector
Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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a year ago
TheCollector
Pol Pot: Overseer of the Cambodian Genocide
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a week ago
TheCollector
Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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a month ago
TheCollector
The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
TheCollector
Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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5 months ago
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...
Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
8 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
Dreams of Space -...
Santa and The Space Men
It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you. Something about Santa and Flying...
3 weeks ago
It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you. Something about Santa and Flying Saucers seems to go together like White wine and Cracker Jack. Sort of sweet and tangy and gets your attention.
Santa and the Space Men is a play for children about how Santa is...
TheCollector
Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
2 months ago
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
5 months ago
History Today Feed
What is Modernity?
What is Modernity?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/02/2025 - 09:09
2 weeks ago
What is Modernity?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/02/2025 - 09:09
TheCollector
A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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2 months ago
Res Obscura
Why did clothing become boring?
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like...
a month ago
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like when they didn't
TheCollector
Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
4 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
2 months ago
TheCollector
The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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a month ago
TheCollector
8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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12 months ago
TheCollector
How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Walt Whitman?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
3 months ago
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
TheCollector
What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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a year ago
TheCollector
Secrets of the Deep: What Is the History of the Mary Celeste?
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yesterday
Global Inequality...
How the mainstream abandoned universal economic principles
(but forgot to mention it)
a week ago
(but forgot to mention it)
TheCollector
10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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3 months ago
TheCollector
7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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4 months ago
weird medieval guys
The coolest medieval woman you've never heard of
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
a year ago
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
TheCollector
Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
a year ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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a month ago
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