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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
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Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
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What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
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Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
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Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
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What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
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Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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Who Was Tertullian?
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
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History Today Review of the Year
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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Who Was Averroes?
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
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Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
TheCollector
The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
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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...
History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
11 months ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
Flashbak
Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
5 months ago
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
TheCollector
Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
2 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
TheCollector
Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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History Today Feed
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Last Chance!
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TheCollector
What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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TheCollector
The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
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A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
TheCollector
How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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TheCollector
The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
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Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
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Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
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The Life and Work of Pheidias
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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A Brief History of Chile
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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Flashbak
Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
9 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
TheCollector
Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
a year ago
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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Everything changes and nothing stands still.
Flashbak
Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
6 months ago
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
TheCollector
8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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TheCollector
10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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TheCollector
6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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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...
TheCollector
Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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Classical Wisdom
What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
Classical Wisdom
Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
10 months ago
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
TheCollector
How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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TheCollector
15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
a year ago
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
History Today Feed
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
8 months ago
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
Flashbak
Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
TheCollector
10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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TheCollector
Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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TheCollector
Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
History Today Feed
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
Classical Wisdom
Last Call for Classical Gifts
Shipping Cutoff imminent
a year ago
TheCollector
Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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History Today Feed
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
6 months ago
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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6 Must-See English Castles
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
TheCollector
Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Classical Wisdom
A Few Spots Left
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
8 months ago
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
TheCollector
What Is a Film Auteur?
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Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
TheCollector
Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
TheCollector
The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
A Week Off And A New Language
See you again soon
a year ago
TheCollector
The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
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Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
TheCollector
Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
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What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
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,...
Classical Wisdom
Monsters of Mythology
Who Made the Top Ten?
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TheCollector
The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
4 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
TheCollector
What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
11 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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