Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Philosopher Kings
12 months ago
Global Inequality...
The three German fears
Historical origins of the malaise
a year ago
Historical origins of the malaise
History Today Feed
‘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
3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
2 months ago
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
Classical Wisdom
Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
a year ago
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Sites in San Diego
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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a year ago
African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
TheCollector
A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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5 months ago
TheCollector
10 South American Artists You Should Know
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7 months ago
TheCollector
6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
a month ago
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
TheCollector
How the Nazis Rescued Benito Mussolini: The Gran Sasso Raid
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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a year ago
Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
a month ago
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
Patterns in Humanity
Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
a year ago
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
TheCollector
7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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5 months ago
Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
7 months ago
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
TheCollector
What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
TheCollector
The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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a month ago
TheCollector
The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
TheCollector
What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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3 months ago
Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
4 months ago
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
TheCollector
4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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8 months ago
TheCollector
America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
TheCollector
Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
11 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
TheCollector
Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
TheCollector
13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
a year ago
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
History Today Feed
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
5 months ago
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
TheCollector
Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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7 months ago
Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
2 months ago
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
Classical Wisdom
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
History Today Feed
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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4 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Contemporary Artists Inspired by Baroque
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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a year ago
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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5 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Britain is institutionally 'anti-racist'
The road from Macpherson to Rotherham
5 days ago
The road from Macpherson to Rotherham
TheCollector
5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
9 months ago
Does what goes around come around?
History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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a month ago
History Today Feed
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
11 months ago
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
TheCollector
Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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4 months ago
African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
TheCollector
The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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a month ago
Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
6 months ago
A book review from the future.
Classical Wisdom
Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
a year ago
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
TheCollector
Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Allied Powers?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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3 months ago
TheCollector
10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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7 months ago
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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a year ago
Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
a month ago
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
TheCollector
UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
5 months ago
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
TheCollector
Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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6 months ago
CrimethInc.
The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
a month ago
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
History Today Feed
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
TheCollector
Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
4 months ago
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
TheCollector
The Life & Mysterious Disappearance of Glenn Miller
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a week ago
Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
History Today Feed
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
Classical Wisdom
[Last Chance] The Essential Greeks
Starting TOMORROW - January 15th, 2025
a week ago
Starting TOMORROW - January 15th, 2025
TheCollector
6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
a year ago
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
TheCollector
Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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8 months ago
Flashbak
1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
10 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
Flashbak
In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
8 months ago
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
TheCollector
Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
2 months ago
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Ethical Values of Gen Z?
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2 days ago
TheCollector
Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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9 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
2 months ago
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
a month ago
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
Flashbak
Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
5 months ago
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
TheCollector
A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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a year ago
TheCollector
Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
History Today Feed
Edward I’s Destruction of England’s Jews
Edward I’s Destruction of England’s Jews
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/20/2025 - 10:25
2 days ago
Edward I’s Destruction of England’s Jews
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/20/2025 - 10:25
Classical Wisdom
The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
Heraclitus against Parmenides
3 months ago
Heraclitus against Parmenides
TheCollector
The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
2 months ago
Europe turns away from America.
History Today Feed
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
3 months ago
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
TheCollector
Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
TheCollector
5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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3 months ago
African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
a year ago
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
TheCollector
10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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2 months ago
TheCollector
12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
6 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
Trying to Understand...
The Sword Is Mightier...
...than the pen. In Ukraine anyway.
7 hours ago
...than the pen. In Ukraine anyway.
TheCollector
Deadly Wildfires Devastate Los Angeles Art Community
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a week ago
TheCollector
Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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TheCollector
What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
6 months ago
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...
Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
a year ago
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
9 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
TheCollector
How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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a year ago
Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
2 months ago
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
TheCollector
Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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4 months ago
TheCollector
King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
9 months ago
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
TheCollector
Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
10 months ago
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
a year ago
Ancient Philosophy for Children
TheCollector
What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Hopes, Fears, and Early Modern Astrology
Hopes, Fears, and Early Modern Astrology
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/09/2025 - 09:45
a week ago
Hopes, Fears, and Early Modern Astrology
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/09/2025 - 09:45
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
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
11 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
TheCollector
Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
11 months ago
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
TheCollector
Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
5 months ago
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
11 months ago
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
Flashbak
Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
7 months ago
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...
Classical Wisdom
Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
a year ago
Belief in the Ancient World
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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TheCollector
Russian Revolutionary: Who Was Leon Trotsky?
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TheCollector
How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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TheCollector
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
11 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
TheCollector
Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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TheCollector
What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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TheCollector
6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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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?
Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Maths, Art, and the Moon
9 months ago
TheCollector
Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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10 months ago
Open Culture
Bob Dylan Reads “ ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” On His Holiday Radio Show (2006)
Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex...
4 weeks ago
Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex Pistols’ singer John Lydon, former Clash frontman Joe Strummer, former Woody Guthrie impersonator Bob Dylan.… Luckily for me, this ain’t just fantasy baseball; at various times,...
TheCollector
Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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TheCollector
Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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TheCollector
The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
4 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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2 months ago
African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
8 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
TheCollector
Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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TheCollector
Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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TheCollector
Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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a year ago
TheCollector
Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Stress
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
8 months ago
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
TheCollector
What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’...
4 months ago
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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TheCollector
Who Were the Important Jewish Philosophers of the Medieval Period?
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TheCollector
7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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TheCollector
What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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TheCollector
Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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7 months ago
TheCollector
7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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TheCollector
The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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TheCollector
Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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a year ago
African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
a year ago
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
3 months ago
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
TheCollector
Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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a year ago
TheCollector
Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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8 months ago
Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
TheCollector
Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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7 months ago
African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
3 months ago
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
TheCollector
Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
TheCollector
Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Congolese Teen Exhibited in a US Zoo: Who was Ota Benga?
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TheCollector
Discover This Historic Massachusetts Town Just Beyond Boston’s Reach
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TheCollector
Norse Mythology: Pantheon, Ragnarok, Creation, & More
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TheCollector
Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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a year ago
Flashbak
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...
10 months ago
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...
TheCollector
What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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TheCollector
9 Artists Who Defined Art Nouveau
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Flashbak
Lightning Strikes: William Jennings’ Early Photographs of Elusive Electricity
Anglo-American photographer William Jennings (1860–1946) is best known for his aerial pictures of...
2 weeks ago
Anglo-American photographer William Jennings (1860–1946) is best known for his aerial pictures of his adopted city of Philadelphia and the aeronautical industry, and photographs of lightning. Setting out to prove “lightning bolts were not of the zig-zag form pictured by artists”,...
African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
2 months ago
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
10 months ago
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
TheCollector
Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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7 months ago
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...
Flashbak
Jean And Rose – A Paris Photo Love Story From 1929
In 1929, Jean, 20, was living on rue Clairault, Paris. He worked at a brokerage house on rue de la...
2 weeks ago
In 1929, Jean, 20, was living on rue Clairault, Paris. He worked at a brokerage house on rue de la Grange Batelière. On December 11, Jean met Rose, 18, at the city’s Saint-Lazare metro station. She lived in the 15th arrondissement, and took classes in hairdressing at the École...
TheCollector
A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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TheCollector
Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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TheCollector
Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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a year 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
TheCollector
What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
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...
African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
a year ago
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
Classical Wisdom
Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
2 months ago
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
TheCollector
7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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TheCollector
5 Ancient Roman Monuments & How They Survived to the Modern Day
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TheCollector
The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
9 months ago
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
TheCollector
6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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a month ago
TheCollector
Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
2 months ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
TheCollector
What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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8 months ago
Global Inequality...
To be young, perchance to dream
A review of Miloš Vojinović's “The political ideas of the Young Bosnia”
3 weeks ago
A review of Miloš Vojinović's “The political ideas of the Young Bosnia”
TheCollector
Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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TheCollector
J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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TheCollector
French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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10 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
9 months ago
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
TheCollector
The Legacy of Emperor Pedro II: Brazil’s Golden Age
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TheCollector
What Role Did Women Play in the Scientific Revolution?
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TheCollector
Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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TheCollector
How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
3 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 weeks ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated the documentation for our various projects.
Left, added support for unicode input(Mastodon).
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Air to Ground...
TheCollector
KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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2 months ago
TheCollector
An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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TheCollector
Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Philip Melanchthon? (Life & Legacy)
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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TheCollector
11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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a year ago
TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
3 months ago
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
11 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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...
Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
a year ago
The Life and Work of Pheidias
TheCollector
Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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a year ago
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