Flashbak
President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
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On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
TheCollector
10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
a week ago
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
TheCollector
Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
5 months ago
Count no man happy until the end is known
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...
5 days 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...
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The coolest medieval woman you've never heard of
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
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Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
Classical Wisdom
The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
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History Today Feed
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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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...
4 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
America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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TheCollector
Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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TheCollector
Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
a month ago
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
TheCollector
What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year ago
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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Flashbak
Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
6 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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TheCollector
Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
TheCollector
What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
TheCollector
Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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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...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
6 months ago
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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
100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
4 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Fate and Free Will
8 months ago
Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
8 months ago
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
TheCollector
The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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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...
a month 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...
TheCollector
8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
a week ago
But is there anything there?
TheCollector
Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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Classical Wisdom
Gods Vs Titans
...and the Origins of the Universe
a year ago
...and the Origins of the Universe
TheCollector
How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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TheCollector
Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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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...
TheCollector
Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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TheCollector
Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
5 months ago
A book review from the future.
TheCollector
Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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What Is Populism?
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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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
How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
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Journal of African cities: chapter 15
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
Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
TheCollector
6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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Classical Wisdom
Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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TheCollector
Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
4 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
TheCollector
What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
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What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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Flashbak
Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
6 months ago
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
TheCollector
Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
a year ago
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
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TheCollector
What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
TheCollector
New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
a year ago
Three years late, but historians are always late
TheCollector
What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
4 months ago
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
4 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
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
Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 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 February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
TheCollector
Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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History Today Feed
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
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Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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Flashbak
Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
8 months ago
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
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Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
TheCollector
Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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What Is Capoeira?
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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What’s the History of Gin?
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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Flashbak
British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
5 months ago
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
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Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
6 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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History Today Feed
Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
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Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
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.
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)
History Today Feed
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
8 months ago
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
a month ago
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
TheCollector
The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
a year ago
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
a year ago
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
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Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
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World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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Flashbak
Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
6 months ago
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
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The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
a year ago
Ancient Philosophy for Children
Wrong Side of...
The War on the Countryside
The Shire must be brought to heel
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The Shire must be brought to heel
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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...
a week 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...
African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
10 months ago
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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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?
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
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Europe turns away from America.
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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What Are the Five French Republics?
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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Dionysus
The God of Wine!
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
5 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
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In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
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Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
8 months ago
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
a year ago
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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Classical Wisdom
The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
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