TheCollector
The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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Flashbak
The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
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Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
TheCollector
Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
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This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
TheCollector
Does Free Will Exist?
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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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.
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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
Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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TheCollector
Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
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The Essential Greeks Returns!
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TheCollector
Italian Artist Unveils Contemporary Version of Stolen Caravaggio
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African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
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History Today Feed
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
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Classical Wisdom
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Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
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“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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History Today Feed
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
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JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
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Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
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TheCollector
Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
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over a year ago
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
TheCollector
5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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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
Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
TheCollector
Secret Renaissance Passageway Reopens in Florence
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A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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History Today Feed
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
CrimethInc.
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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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
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TheCollector
Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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TheCollector
Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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Flashbak
Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
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For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
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6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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TheCollector
Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
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We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
Classical Wisdom
Ode to a Grecian Tour
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History Today Feed
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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TheCollector
Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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History Today Feed
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
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JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
10 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors
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11 months ago
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the Hellenistic army and its Macedonian phalanx and the Romans with their legions. Last week, we looked at the weapons, organization and fighting style of the Macedonian phalanx, the infantry...
TheCollector
Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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TheCollector
7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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TheCollector
7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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TheCollector
Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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Flashbak
Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
4 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
TheCollector
8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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TheCollector
Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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TheCollector
What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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TheCollector
Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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Wrong Side of...
Fellow believers or fellow citizens?
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TheCollector
Was Jesus a Radical?
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TheCollector
The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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TheCollector
Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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History Today Feed
What Counts as a Planet?
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JamesHoare
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Thu, 01/16/2025 - 09:24
TheCollector
Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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TheCollector
What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
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2 months ago
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
Flashbak
Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
11 months ago
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
TheCollector
Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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Flashbak
The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
5 months ago
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
TheCollector
Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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TheCollector
How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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TheCollector
Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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History Today Feed
Korea’s War of Prisoners
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JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
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JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
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TheCollector
French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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TheCollector
Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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TheCollector
What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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TheCollector
Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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TheCollector
6 Must-See English Castles
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TheCollector
8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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History Today Feed
How the CCP is Closing China
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JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
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JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
TheCollector
The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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TheCollector
What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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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...
TheCollector
Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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TheCollector
Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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TheCollector
Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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TheCollector
The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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Classical Wisdom
A Few Spots Left
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
2 months ago
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History Today Feed
The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
10 months ago
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JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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TheCollector
5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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TheCollector
Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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TheCollector
7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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TheCollector
5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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TheCollector
11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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Flashbak
Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
3 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
History Today Feed
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
6 months ago
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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TheCollector
Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
a month ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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TheCollector
What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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TheCollector
How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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TheCollector
What Was the Kido Butai?
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CrimethInc.
How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
2 months ago
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a hurricane has just torn through the state,...
TheCollector
International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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TheCollector
Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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Flashbak
Watch The Alphabet, David Lynch’s horrific 1968 short,
“There’s a connection between music, film, painting, writing, everything, you’re into, the more...
yesterday
“There’s a connection between music, film, painting, writing, everything, you’re into, the more they’re going to help each other” – David Lynch David Lynch’s 1968 short The Alphabet was inspired by his first wife Peggy’s niece reciting her ABCs during a nightmare then waking...
Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
6 months ago
Count no man happy until the end is known
Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
a year ago
The Original Femme Fatales?
TheCollector
8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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TheCollector
Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
TheCollector
Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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Flashbak
Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
3 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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Trying to Understand...
No More Heroes.
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
2 months ago
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
8 months ago
Mothers of the Ancient World
TheCollector
A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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TheCollector
The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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Wrong Side of...
The Terrible Loneliness of Genius
The Canon Club: Vincent van Gogh
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The Canon Club: Vincent van Gogh
TheCollector
How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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History Today Feed
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
4 months ago
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
a year ago
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
TheCollector
Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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TheCollector
What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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TheCollector
The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
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Africa's past carved in ivory
TheCollector
5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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TheCollector
Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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History Today Feed
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
7 months ago
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
6 months ago
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
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
How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
11 months ago
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
TheCollector
Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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TheCollector
Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
10 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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Flashbak
Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the...
2 months ago
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Texas
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TheCollector
Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
10 months ago
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
a month ago
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
TheCollector
Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 27, 2024 (Year in Review)
Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year...
3 weeks ago
Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year reflection on the state of the project, along with a brief ‘what’s on the stove’ coverage of what may be coming up. Also, here’s a cat picture: In terms of the project itself, 2024 was,...
TheCollector
England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
a year ago
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
a month ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
TheCollector
J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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TheCollector
Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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TheCollector
What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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TheCollector
Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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TheCollector
Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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Flashbak
Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
5 months ago
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
TheCollector
What Are Slavoj Žižek’s Most Intriguing Ideas?
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TheCollector
Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
African History...
A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
a year ago
State and society on Africa's largest island.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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TheCollector
Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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Open Culture
Why the Tavern Scene in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds Is a Master Class in Filmmaking
Ideally, a viewer should be able to identify the work of a particular auteur from any one scene that...
a week ago
Ideally, a viewer should be able to identify the work of a particular auteur from any one scene that the auteur has directed. In reality, it’s not always possible to do so, even in the work of filmmakers with highly idiosyncratic styles. But in the case of Quentin Tarantino, it...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
TheCollector
The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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TheCollector
What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato and Atlantis
11 months ago
History Today Feed
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
6 months ago
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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TheCollector
What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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TheCollector
The Legacy of Emperor Pedro II: Brazil’s Golden Age
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TheCollector
The Gleiwitz Incident: When Nazis Faked an Attack on Germany
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TheCollector
Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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a month ago
Trying to Understand...
The Diversity Paradox.
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
11 months ago
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
TheCollector
7 Works by Yves Tanguy You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
a year ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
TheCollector
4 Important Philosophers of German Idealism You Should Know
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 -...
2 months ago
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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TheCollector
Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
TheCollector
Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
8 months ago
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
TheCollector
New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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7 months ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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TheCollector
French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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9 months ago
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857: Causes, Events, & Legacy
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TheCollector
How Did Romania Become a Country?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
a year ago
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
a month ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
TheCollector
8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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TheCollector
Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
11 months ago
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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TheCollector
Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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10 months ago
TheCollector
7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
TheCollector
Hagia Sophia to Open Mysterious Underground Tunnels to Visitors
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Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
a year ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
TheCollector
Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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TheCollector
Is Sufism a Part of Islam or Separate From It?
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TheCollector
What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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TheCollector
Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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11 months ago
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
Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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TheCollector
8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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TheCollector
7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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TheCollector
5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
History Today Feed
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
7 months ago
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
TheCollector
7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
4 months ago
TheCollector
6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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a year ago
TheCollector
Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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8 months ago
Flashbak
New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
a year ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
Flashbak
Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
8 months ago
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
8 months ago
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
TheCollector
The Popol Vuh: A Maya Myth Told in Dance and Song
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
6 months ago
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
over a year ago
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
TheCollector
Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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TheCollector
George Cassiday: Who Was the Man in the Green Hat?
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3 weeks ago
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
a year ago
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
Flashbak
The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
7 months ago
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
TheCollector
7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
What Priority The Innocent?
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
3 weeks ago
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
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