TheCollector
Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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TheCollector
Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
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Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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Flashbak
Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
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The True Knights Templar
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The True Knights Templar
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TheCollector
Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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Hundred Rabbits
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over a year ago
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Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Res Obscura
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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TheCollector
What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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What Is the History of the Guitar?
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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TheCollector
Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
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a year ago
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TheCollector
The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
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Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
TheCollector
Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens
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The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
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Flashbak
Roadside Relics of the USSR
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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Flashbak
London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
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6 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
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What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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US President or American Caesar?
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TheCollector
Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
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a year ago
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TheCollector
5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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A Collection of...
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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History Today Feed
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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TheCollector
The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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TheCollector
How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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TheCollector
Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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TheCollector
Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
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Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
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Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
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TheCollector
Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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TheCollector
Performance Artist Tags Controversial Courbet Nude with “Me Too”
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Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
Classical Wisdom
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Love, love, love
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TheCollector
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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...
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
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2 months ago
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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Flashbak
London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
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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...
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
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Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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Classical Wisdom
Where did the time go?
Important Notice
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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TheCollector
King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
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Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
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over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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Externalising Our Hatreds.
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a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
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This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
11 months ago
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
TheCollector
Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
a year ago
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
9 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
TheCollector
Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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2 months ago
Flashbak
When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
5 months ago
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
History Today Feed
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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7 months ago
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
Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
History Today Feed
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
a month ago
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
7 months ago
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
TheCollector
The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Little People With Agency.
No, not that Agency.
3 months ago
TheCollector
The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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a month ago
TheCollector
Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
9 months ago
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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2 weeks ago
African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
11 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
TheCollector
9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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a year ago
TheCollector
Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Didache?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Caspar Hauser
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
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
Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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4 months ago
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
The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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a month ago
TheCollector
Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 weeks 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
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
TheCollector
The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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5 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
11 months ago
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
History Today Feed
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
6 months ago
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
History Today Feed
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
a week ago
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
2 months ago
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
TheCollector
New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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a year ago
TheCollector
What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
a year ago
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
TheCollector
7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was George Eliot?
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7 months ago
weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
7 months ago
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
3 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
TheCollector
Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
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...
TheCollector
Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
9 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
2 weeks ago
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
TheCollector
4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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9 months ago
Flashbak
American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
7 months ago
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
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...
8 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...
Flashbak
Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
8 months ago
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
TheCollector
The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
a week ago
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
TheCollector
Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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8 months ago
TheCollector
A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
TheCollector
William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
11 months ago
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
Flashbak
Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
a year ago
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
History Today Feed
In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
8 months ago
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
History Today Feed
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
2 weeks ago
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
3 weeks ago
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
TheCollector
Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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a month ago
TheCollector
Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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2 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
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