Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
TheCollector
6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
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Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
TheCollector
What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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What Is Capoeira?
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Classical Wisdom
Last Call for Classical Gifts
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African History...
Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Olympics
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
2 months ago
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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Flashbak
New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
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Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
a year ago
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
TheCollector
Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
History Today Feed
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
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TheCollector
10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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Flashbak
Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
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For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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TheCollector
Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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Flashbak
Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
7 months ago
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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Classical Wisdom
Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
a month ago
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
TheCollector
Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
8 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
4 months ago
TheCollector
Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
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TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
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Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
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Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
TheCollector
What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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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...
TheCollector
How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
a week ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
TheCollector
The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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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...
3 weeks 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
Important Notification
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
TheCollector
10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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TheCollector
5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 7
TheCollector
Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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Flashbak
Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
7 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
a year ago
journal of African cities chapter 9
TheCollector
Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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TheCollector
Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
6 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
TheCollector
When Was D-Day?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
8 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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Flashbak
In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
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TheCollector
Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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TheCollector
The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
TheCollector
What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
4 months ago
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
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
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
TheCollector
Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Early Years of Jesus
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TheCollector
What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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TheCollector
Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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Flashbak
Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
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“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
a year ago
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
TheCollector
Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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TheCollector
How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
a month ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
TheCollector
What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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TheCollector
10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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TheCollector
Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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TheCollector
Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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Flashbak
Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
11 months ago
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
Classical Wisdom
On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
Event News
a year ago
TheCollector
The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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TheCollector
Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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TheCollector
10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
2 months ago
History Today Feed
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
TheCollector
Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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TheCollector
Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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TheCollector
10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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Flashbak
Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
7 months ago
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
Flashbak
British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
a month ago
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
TheCollector
4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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Flashbak
People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
5 months ago
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
TheCollector
The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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TheCollector
Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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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...
TheCollector
Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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TheCollector
Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
a month ago
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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TheCollector
Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
TheCollector
What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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TheCollector
Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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TheCollector
British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
2 weeks ago
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
TheCollector
Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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Flashbak
In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
7 months ago
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
TheCollector
History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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History Today Feed
Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
10 months ago
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
10 months ago
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
TheCollector
What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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TheCollector
New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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TheCollector
What Was the First Written Language?
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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Flashbak
Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
10 months ago
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
TheCollector
What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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TheCollector
Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
3 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
TheCollector
Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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a year ago
Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
a month ago
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
TheCollector
Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
3 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
TheCollector
What Is Solipsism?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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10 months ago
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
First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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4 months ago
Flashbak
New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
12 months ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
TheCollector
8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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TheCollector
Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
6 months ago
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
TheCollector
Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Emma Willard’s Time Maps
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that...
7 months ago
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
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4 months ago
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
Classical Wisdom
Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
TheCollector
What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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TheCollector
NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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TheCollector
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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a year ago
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.
TheCollector
What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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TheCollector
What Was the Hanseatic League?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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TheCollector
KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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10 months ago
TheCollector
6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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5 months ago
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.
Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
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a month ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
TheCollector
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
7 months ago
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
TheCollector
New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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TheCollector
Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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TheCollector
From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
over a year ago
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
TheCollector
6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
8 months ago
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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TheCollector
Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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TheCollector
Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
5 days ago
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
TheCollector
Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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TheCollector
What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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TheCollector
Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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5 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
TheCollector
The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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TheCollector
Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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a year ago
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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TheCollector
The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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8 months ago
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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a year ago
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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
4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
TheCollector
Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
7 months ago
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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a month ago
Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
2 weeks ago
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
a year ago
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
TheCollector
Sufism in South and South East Asia
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7 months ago
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