Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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5 Ukrainian Virtual Museums to Visit From the Comfort of Your Home
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
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“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
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Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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When the US Senate Put Comic Books on Trial
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After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
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After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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Flashbak
American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
8 months ago
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
a year ago
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
Flashbak
Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
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John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
3 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
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Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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Los Angeles Museums Launch Fire Relief Fund for Artists
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
Flashbak
The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the...
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For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
9 months ago
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
History Today Feed
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
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Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
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Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
a year ago
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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How Did the Black Death Change the English Language?
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Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
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What if the Syrians can’t return home?
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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Open Culture
Francis Ford Coppola Picks His Favorite Criterion Movies & Gives Advice to Filmmakers
Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video...
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Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video label’s finest releases, Francis Ford Coppola speaks of a director who “believed in a film he wanted to make, and used his entire fortune, because the financing system of the time...
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
10 months ago
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
Classical Wisdom
Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
11 months ago
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
a year ago
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
a year ago
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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Summary of changes for October
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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9 Artists Who Defined Art Nouveau
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History Today Feed
US President or American Caesar?
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
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US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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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
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Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
History Today Feed
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
3 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sibyls
Ancient Prophetesses
a year ago
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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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’...
9 months ago
“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”...
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Explore Frida Kahlo’s Composition Techniques in 6 Works
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History Today Feed
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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Performance Artist Tags Controversial Courbet Nude with “Me Too”
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doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
over a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
5 months ago
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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History Today Feed
Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
7 months ago
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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Classical Wisdom
The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
4 months ago
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Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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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
History Today Feed
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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.
TheCollector
Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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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
The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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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
10 Must-Visit Museums in Massachusetts
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Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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TheCollector
Who Is Pina Bausch?
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Open Culture
Laurie Anderson’s Mind-Blowing Performance of C. P. Cavafy’s Poems “Waiting for the Barbarians” &...
In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as...
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In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as being “set in ancient Rome.” That’s a reasonable interpretation, given that it contains an emperor, senators, and orators, though Cavafy himself said that none of them are...
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
5 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
TheCollector
The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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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...
Classical Wisdom
Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
a year ago
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
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What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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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...
Open Culture
Read J. R. R. Tolkien’s “Letter From Father Christmas” To His Young Children (1925)
J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The...
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J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit. Apart from being a celebrated author, the Oxford University professor of Anglo-Saxon was also a devoted father who doted on his children. In 1920, a few short years after Tolkien...
Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
6 months ago
A book review from the future.
TheCollector
Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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History Today Feed
Hopes, Fears, and Early Modern Astrology
Hopes, Fears, and Early Modern Astrology
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/09/2025 - 09:45
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Hopes, Fears, and Early Modern Astrology
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/09/2025 - 09:45
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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Classical Wisdom
Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
a year ago
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
TheCollector
Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
7 months ago
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
11 months ago
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
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Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
a year ago
TheCollector
What Were Vincent van Gogh’s Composition Techniques?
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
a month ago
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
TheCollector
Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
11 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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3 months ago
African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
a year ago
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
TheCollector
Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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a year ago
Flashbak
Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
7 months ago
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
TheCollector
The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the First Triumvirate?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
a year ago
Belief in the Ancient World
TheCollector
8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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6 months ago
TheCollector
7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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6 months 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:...
Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
4 months ago
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What Is the History of Halloween?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Were the Consolations of Boethius?
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Massachusetts 54th Regiment?
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3 days ago
Flashbak
Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
5 months ago
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...
TheCollector
What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Empress Theodora
Saint or Sinner?
3 months ago
Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
a year ago
Some lessons from history and archaeology
TheCollector
Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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4 months ago
weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
a year ago
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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2 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
a year ago
On cartography as historical argument
TheCollector
Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Ephesians About?
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a week ago
African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
8 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
TheCollector
Liberation of the Oppressed: What Is Liberation Theology?
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a week ago
TheCollector
6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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11 months ago
Open Culture
Nirvana Before They Were Nirvana: Watch Their 1988 Performance Recorded in a Radio Shack
Here’s a strange home video of Nirvana when they were unknown, playing inside a Radio Shack in the...
a week ago
Here’s a strange home video of Nirvana when they were unknown, playing inside a Radio Shack in the band’s hometown of Aberdeen, Washington. The video was recorded on the evening of January 24, 1988, after the store had closed. In those days the group went by the name of Ted Ed...
TheCollector
The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
a year ago
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
TheCollector
5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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7 months ago
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
a month ago
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
10 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
5 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
Flashbak
Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
3 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
TheCollector
Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
10 months ago
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
TheCollector
What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Year 1 of History? Comparing Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Conventions
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4 days ago
TheCollector
Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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a year ago
TheCollector
Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Cotton & How It Changed the World
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9 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
5 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
History Today Feed
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
9 months ago
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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11 months ago
TheCollector
4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
a year ago
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
Res Obscura
Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
Three theories
a year ago
TheCollector
How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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a year ago
weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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a year ago
TheCollector
From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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9 months ago
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
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
We Are All Civilisational States
It's just that some people don't realise it.
a year ago
It's just that some people don't realise it.
TheCollector
Where Did King Arthur Fight His Legendary Battles?
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2 days ago
TheCollector
Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
a year ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
6 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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a month ago
African History...
Join me on Notes
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
a year ago
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
TheCollector
What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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a year ago
Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
7 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
TheCollector
Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
a year ago
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
TheCollector
The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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a year ago
TheCollector
Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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a year ago
TheCollector
New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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a year ago
African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
TheCollector
What Is Transcendentalism?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The MUST-READ Classics
4 days ago
TheCollector
Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Quick Notification
In Search of Homer
3 months ago
TheCollector
A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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5 months ago
Open Culture
Watch Bob Ross’ The Joy of Painting from Start to Finish: Every Episode from 31 Seasons in...
Bob Ross the man died nearly thirty years ago, but Bob Ross the archetypal TV painter has never been...
a week ago
Bob Ross the man died nearly thirty years ago, but Bob Ross the archetypal TV painter has never been more widely known. “With his distinctive hair, gentle voice, and signature expressions such as ‘happy little trees,’ he’s an enduring icon,” writes Michael J. Mooney in an...
TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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9 months ago
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