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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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Overcoming Bias
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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Patterns in Humanity
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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Dreams of Space -...
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So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
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A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
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Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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How Should We Look at History?
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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What is Appalachian Culture?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
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Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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Dido: Queen of Carthage
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
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As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
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This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
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Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
TheCollector
What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
TheCollector
Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
TheCollector
Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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Who Were the Allied Powers?
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TheCollector
Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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Classical Wisdom
[Video] Roundtable Discussion with Mary Naples
Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
a year ago
Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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TheCollector
Who Were the Samaritans?
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Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
11 months ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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11 months ago
African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
a year ago
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
TheCollector
Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
a year ago
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
TheCollector
Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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a year ago
Flashbak
Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
2 months ago
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
TheCollector
Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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TheCollector
New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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TheCollector
What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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TheCollector
Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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a year 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
Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
a year ago
TheCollector
Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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10 months ago
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.
TheCollector
11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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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...
2 months ago
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
a year ago
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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Trying to Understand...
No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
TheCollector
5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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a year ago
TheCollector
Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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a month ago
TheCollector
Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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12 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
a year ago
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year ago
Flashbak
Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
3 months ago
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
History Today Feed
The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
8 months ago
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
What Is Voguing?
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
2 months ago
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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2 weeks ago
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
11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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TheCollector
Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
Global Inequality...
Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
History Today Feed
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was Organization Todt?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
6 months ago
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
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.
Flashbak
Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
2 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...
TheCollector
The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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TheCollector
5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
TheCollector
Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
4 months ago
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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3 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
TheCollector
Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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TheCollector
Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
6 months ago
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
Flashbak
László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
3 months ago
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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Classical Wisdom
Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
6 months ago
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
TheCollector
Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Art of the Interesting
4 weeks ago
The Art of the Interesting
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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TheCollector
The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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6 months ago
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...
5 months ago
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
TheCollector
Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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TheCollector
The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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12 months ago
TheCollector
When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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2 weeks ago
History Today Feed
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
2 months ago
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
Flashbak
Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
TheCollector
Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
We Are All Civilisational States
It's just that some people don't realise it.
a year ago
It's just that some people don't realise it.
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
The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
3 days ago
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
5 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
TheCollector
What Was the Hanseatic League?
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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4 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
4 months ago
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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a year ago
Flashbak
16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
a month ago
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the...
a year ago
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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TheCollector
What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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a year ago
Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
7 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
TheCollector
Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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7 months ago
Flashbak
26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
2 months ago
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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