Classical Wisdom
Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
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The Silence of the Elephants
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
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...
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
7 months ago
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
Classical Wisdom
12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
a year ago
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
Hundred Rabbits
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
TheCollector
How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
a year ago
Some lessons from history and archaeology
TheCollector
Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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Flashbak
Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
6 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
TheCollector
The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
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Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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Ben Franklin in Politics: The Founding Father Who Was Never President
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Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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Classical Wisdom
Three New Year’s Resolutions from Epicurus
An Epic Start to the New Year
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An Epic Start to the New Year
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
4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
6 months ago
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
5 months ago
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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TheCollector
Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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Flashbak
Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
9 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
Classical Wisdom
Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
6 months ago
TheCollector
The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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History Today Feed
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
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I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
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11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
2 weeks ago
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
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Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
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
The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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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...
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
5 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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The Angolan Civil War: 26 Years of Fighting
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10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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History Today Feed
The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
a year ago
The KGB After Stalin
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
Trying to Understand...
No More Heroes.
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
a month ago
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
TheCollector
Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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CrimethInc.
2024: Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire : The Year in Review
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead....
2 days ago
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead. Here, we review the events of 2024 and our own contributions to the fight for a better world.
A year that began amid genocide in Palestine and war in Ukraine and Sudan is concluding...
TheCollector
What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
a week ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
TheCollector
5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
9 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
TheCollector
Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
History Today Feed
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
a year ago
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
Flashbak
Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
9 months ago
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
TheCollector
The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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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...
3 weeks ago
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.”
TheCollector
What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
History Today Feed
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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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...
2 months 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.
Flashbak
Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
3 months ago
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
TheCollector
The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
TheCollector
Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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Classical Wisdom
Beyond Stoicism
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New Event: January 7th, 2025
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The Story of Thebes
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TheCollector
The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
TheCollector
From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
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The Original Femme Fatales?
TheCollector
D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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History Today Feed
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
History Today Feed
Putting Mothers on Death Row
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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Classical Wisdom
How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
11 months ago
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
TheCollector
Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
Flashbak
Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
3 months ago
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
TheCollector
Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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TheCollector
Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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History Today Feed
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
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Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
TheCollector
The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
Flashbak
Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might...
8 months ago
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might have heard that Ernest Hemingway wrote a six-word short story in response to a $10 bet that so few words could make the reader cry. Hemingway won with: “For sale: Baby shoes. Never...
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10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
TheCollector
6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
3 weeks ago
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
TheCollector
The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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Flashbak
Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
3 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
9 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
TheCollector
Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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History Today Feed
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
TheCollector
History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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TheCollector
13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
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What Is the Didache?
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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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 …...
African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
a year ago
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
History Today Feed
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
a year ago
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
Classical Wisdom
Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
7 months ago
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
8 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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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...
7 months ago
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...
Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
10 months ago
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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Flashbak
Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
6 months ago
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
12 months ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
TheCollector
What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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Who Was Averroes?
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History Today Feed
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
10 months ago
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
TheCollector
Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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History Today Feed
Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
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Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
10 Forgotten US Presidents
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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
Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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TheCollector
6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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TheCollector
Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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Who Was George Hodel?
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History Today Feed
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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TheCollector
Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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History Today Feed
Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
History Today Feed
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
2 months ago
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
8 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
TheCollector
Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
TheCollector
Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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TheCollector
Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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History Today Feed
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
2 months ago
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
TheCollector
Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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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....
Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
6 months ago
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
Classical Wisdom
Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
a year ago
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
TheCollector
7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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TheCollector
What Is Appropriation in Art?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
2 weeks ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
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Street Shots of New York City in 1978
“Every day was like being in a scene from a movie set in the city” – George Wright In ‘New York...
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“Every day was like being in a scene from a movie set in the city” – George Wright In ‘New York 1978’, British photographer George Wright shows us the city. Having trained as a graphic design at London’s Wimbledon School of Art in the early 1970s, Wright took a class taught...
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10 Historic Hill Towns in Italy You Should Visit
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Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
10 months ago
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Separate History from Myth?
And does it need to be true to be important?
a year ago
And does it need to be true to be important?
TheCollector
10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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TheCollector
What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
TheCollector
What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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a year ago
Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
12 months ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
TheCollector
What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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TheCollector
Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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TheCollector
Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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TheCollector
Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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TheCollector
How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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TheCollector
What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
8 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
Trying to Understand...
Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
TheCollector
Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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TheCollector
What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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TheCollector
“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
TheCollector
King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
6 months ago
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
Flashbak
Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
2 months ago
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
TheCollector
What Was Operation Downfall?
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TheCollector
5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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TheCollector
What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
TheCollector
What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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10 months ago
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