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The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
Heraclitus against Parmenides
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Heraclitus against Parmenides
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4 Important Philosophers of German Idealism You Should Know
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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2x2 geopolitics
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The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
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Free Will Vs Determinism
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How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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History Today Feed
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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The Roman Socrates
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9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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TheCollector
The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
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TheCollector
10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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Flashbak
Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
10 months ago
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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TheCollector
Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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History Today Feed
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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Open Culture
Read J. R. R. Tolkien’s “Letter From Father Christmas” To His Young Children (1925)
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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...
TheCollector
Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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TheCollector
Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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TheCollector
Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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Res Obscura
Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
Three theories
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TheCollector
Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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Flashbak
‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
History Today Feed
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
TheCollector
King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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TheCollector
What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
6 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
History Today Feed
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
TheCollector
What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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TheCollector
Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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Flashbak
A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
3 weeks ago
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
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.
TheCollector
The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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Flashbak
I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
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doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
Flashbak
London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
2 months ago
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
TheCollector
Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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TheCollector
Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
11 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
TheCollector
Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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TheCollector
Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
7 months ago
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
NEW Event
5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
TheCollector
The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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TheCollector
Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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Flashbak
The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
a year ago
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
TheCollector
How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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TheCollector
The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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What Is Thatcherism?
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Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
10 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
TheCollector
The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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Trying to Understand...
The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
4 weeks ago
But who is prepared to admit it?
TheCollector
Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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History Today Feed
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
TheCollector
When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
a month ago
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
TheCollector
Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
TheCollector
Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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TheCollector
The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
11 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
TheCollector
Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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TheCollector
10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Beneath the Waves...
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TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
2 months ago
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
Flashbak
Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
4 months ago
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Secrets of Crete
a year ago
TheCollector
Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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TheCollector
Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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TheCollector
8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
TheCollector
Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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History Today Feed
Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently...
2 months ago
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
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TheCollector
Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
10 months ago
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
TheCollector
The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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TheCollector
6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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Flashbak
New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
5 months ago
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
TheCollector
How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
11 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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TheCollector
Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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TheCollector
How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
History Today Feed
The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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TheCollector
Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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TheCollector
Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
a year ago
...and the feared Persian Army
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
Classical Wisdom
Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
a year ago
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
TheCollector
Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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TheCollector
10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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TheCollector
10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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TheCollector
What Is the Gettier Problem?
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Flashbak
AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
11 months ago
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
TheCollector
6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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TheCollector
What Is a Film Auteur?
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TheCollector
Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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TheCollector
Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Santa and The Space Men
It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you. Something about Santa and Flying...
a week ago
It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you. Something about Santa and Flying Saucers seems to go together like White wine and Cracker Jack. Sort of sweet and tangy and gets your attention.
Santa and the Space Men is a play for children about how Santa is...
TheCollector
Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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Classical Wisdom
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
4 months ago
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
6 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
TheCollector
What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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TheCollector
Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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TheCollector
How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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TheCollector
The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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TheCollector
German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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TheCollector
Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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Flashbak
L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
6 months ago
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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TheCollector
The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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Were Anglo-Saxon Pagans a Threat to Medieval Christian Society?
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History Today Feed
How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
9 months ago
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
TheCollector
8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
TheCollector
5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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TheCollector
8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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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...
Classical Wisdom
On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
Event News
a year ago
TheCollector
How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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TheCollector
7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
Flashbak
Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
10 months ago
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Landsknechts?
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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Flashbak
Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
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Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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The Pompeii Mosaics
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TheCollector
Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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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...
History Today Feed
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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History Today Feed
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
TheCollector
Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
TheCollector
Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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Flashbak
Mazes and Labyrinths: An Illustrated History (1922)
“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” –...
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“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” – Philip K. Dick, VALIS William H. Matthews leads us through his 1922 book Mazes and Labyrinths from his home in Ruislip in the English county of Middlesex. Compiled shortly...
TheCollector
Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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Italian Artist Unveils Contemporary Version of Stolen Caravaggio
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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Flashbak
Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
a year ago
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
TheCollector
England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
2 weeks ago
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
TheCollector
What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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a year ago
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain?
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
8 months ago
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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TheCollector
Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 27, 2024 (Year in Review)
Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year...
a week ago
Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year reflection on the state of the project, along with a brief ‘what’s on the stove’ coverage of what may be coming up. Also, here’s a cat picture: In terms of the project itself, 2024 was,...
TheCollector
What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
7 months ago
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
History Today Feed
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
2 months ago
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
TheCollector
Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
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
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
TheCollector
What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
TheCollector
Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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TheCollector
The Yalta Conference: Moving Forward From WWII
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The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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Ethical Philosophy for Fun
TheCollector
The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
4 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
TheCollector
How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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TheCollector
A History of the House of Savoy: From Its Origins to Its End
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
a year ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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TheCollector
New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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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...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
TheCollector
Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
6 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
a month ago
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
TheCollector
Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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TheCollector
Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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TheCollector
Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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TheCollector
What Was Operation Downfall?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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TheCollector
How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
6 months ago
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
4 months ago
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
TheCollector
Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
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3 weeks ago
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
TheCollector
The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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TheCollector
Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
a year ago
TheCollector
What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
a year ago
Augustus and Ancient Religion
Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
9 months ago
Again. In a manner of speaking.
TheCollector
History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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11 months ago
Flashbak
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...
8 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...
African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
2 months ago
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
TheCollector
10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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TheCollector
Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
3 weeks ago
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
Flashbak
Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
9 months ago
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
TheCollector
Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Appropriation in Art?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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2 months ago
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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TheCollector
5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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