TheCollector
Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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a year ago
TheCollector
Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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TheCollector
4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
9 months ago
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
a year ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
Flashbak
One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
6 months ago
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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TheCollector
How the Nazis Rescued Benito Mussolini: The Gran Sasso Raid
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2 days ago
TheCollector
Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Sixth-Century Sword Unearthed in Anglo-Saxon Cemetery
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TheCollector
4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
7 months ago
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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TheCollector
Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
8 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
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
Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
a month ago
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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TheCollector
What Was the First Written Language?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Harold Lloyd’s Amazing Christmas Tree
For American actor Harold Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) Christmas was the time to...
a week ago
For American actor Harold Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) Christmas was the time to illuminate his home in Beverly Hills, California, with a magnificent tree. His granddaughter Suzanne says preparation began around Thanksgiving (the fourth Thursday in November), when her...
TheCollector
Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
a year ago
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
History Today Feed
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
a year ago
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
TheCollector
What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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TheCollector
Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
TheCollector
Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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TheCollector
Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the 43 Group?
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TheCollector
How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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6 months ago
TheCollector
How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
12 months ago
History Today Feed
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
2 weeks ago
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
TheCollector
What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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TheCollector
Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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TheCollector
What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
3 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
TheCollector
Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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10 months ago
Flashbak
A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
TheCollector
13 English Words with Greek Origins
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TheCollector
Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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8 months ago
African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
9 months ago
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
TheCollector
What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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TheCollector
What Was Kantai Kessen?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
4 months ago
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
TheCollector
10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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TheCollector
Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/23/2024 - 10:26
a week ago
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/23/2024 - 10:26
TheCollector
The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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TheCollector
Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Gnosticism?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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a week ago
TheCollector
Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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11 months ago
Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
TheCollector
Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
a month ago
Please help us not to understand.
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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6 months ago
Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
2 weeks ago
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
Flashbak
Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
TheCollector
First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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12 months ago
TheCollector
New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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a month ago
TheCollector
George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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a year ago
TheCollector
Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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5 months ago
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...
TheCollector
The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
8 months ago
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
a year ago
Bringing History to the Future
TheCollector
Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
a year ago
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Religion in the Olympics
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
5 months ago
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
History Today Feed
How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
11 months ago
How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
Classical Wisdom
Empress Theodora
Saint or Sinner?
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Russian Futurism?
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
2 weeks ago
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
TheCollector
10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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a year ago
TheCollector
Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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9 months ago
TheCollector
“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
2 months ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
TheCollector
5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
TheCollector
7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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11 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
TheCollector
Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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a week ago
TheCollector
Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
a year ago
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
6 months ago
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
TheCollector
World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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6 months ago
TheCollector
8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
a month ago
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
TheCollector
The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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a year ago
African History...
A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
Journal of African cities chapter 5
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 5
History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
10 months ago
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
TheCollector
6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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4 months ago
TheCollector
6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
4 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
TheCollector
Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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a month ago
TheCollector
How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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a year ago
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
TheCollector
The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
Flashbak
Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
8 months ago
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
TheCollector
Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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a year ago
Flashbak
Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
a week ago
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
TheCollector
Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
3 months ago
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
6 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
TheCollector
What Is the Ides of March?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
3 months ago
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
TheCollector
Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
6 Must-See English Castles
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
2 months ago
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
TheCollector
Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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a year ago
TheCollector
A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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2 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
5 months ago
TheCollector
7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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What Is Voguing?
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
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A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
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“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us...
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Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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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...
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
9 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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Classical Wisdom
Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
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Res Obscura
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Three years late, but historians are always late
TheCollector
Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
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10 months ago
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
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What is Appalachian Culture?
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Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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The Surprising Origins of Wonder Woman: A Revolutionary Comic History
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Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
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Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
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....
Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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Classical Wisdom
ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
New Cabins *NOW* Available
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New Cabins *NOW* Available
African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
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the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
TheCollector
Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
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Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
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During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
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100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
a year ago
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
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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Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
2 months ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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What Was Négritude?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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TheCollector
The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
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Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
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Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
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Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
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The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
TheCollector
The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
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The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 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 March.
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Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
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Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
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The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
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Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
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What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
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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...
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
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a revolution with a contested legacy.
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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