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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
a month ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
TheCollector
History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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a year ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
11 months ago
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Can Any Good Come From War?
The Tragedy of the Trenches
7 months ago
The Tragedy of the Trenches
History Today Feed
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
12 months ago
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
Global Inequality...
Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges
On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
3 months ago
On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
TheCollector
The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
9 months ago
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
TheCollector
Cotton & How It Changed the World
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
TheCollector
Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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a month ago
Flashbak
John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
3 weeks ago
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
TheCollector
When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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TheCollector
Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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4 months ago
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.
Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
6 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
TheCollector
Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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a year ago
TheCollector
When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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TheCollector
What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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TheCollector
What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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TheCollector
Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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TheCollector
The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us...
a week ago
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
TheCollector
7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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TheCollector
John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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TheCollector
How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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TheCollector
Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
3 weeks ago
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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?
Overcoming Bias
Decision Selection Bias
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of...
6 days ago
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of its most technical issues, one that @metaproph3t also discussed recently: decision selection bias.
TheCollector
The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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8 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...
10 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
Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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TheCollector
Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
TheCollector
10 London Museums You Should Visit
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TheCollector
Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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TheCollector
Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Romania Become a Country?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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a year ago
TheCollector
Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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TheCollector
Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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TheCollector
Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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10 months ago
TheCollector
J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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a year ago
History Today Feed
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
7 months ago
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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TheCollector
Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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2 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
TheCollector
Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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TheCollector
The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
7 months ago
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
History Today Feed
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
2 months ago
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Separate History from Myth?
And does it need to be true to be important?
a year ago
And does it need to be true to be important?
TheCollector
Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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a month ago
TheCollector
Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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TheCollector
Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
8 months ago
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
History Today Feed
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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a year ago
TheCollector
Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
2 weeks ago
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
4 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
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
Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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TheCollector
Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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6 months ago
weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
a year ago
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
TheCollector
4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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TheCollector
10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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3 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
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.
Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
a year ago
TheCollector
Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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a year ago
TheCollector
3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
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