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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François...
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These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François Brunery (1849 – 1926), and used as the basis for his work as a painter of so-called “Cardinal Paintings”. His work depicting cardinals of the Catholic church in comical or embarrassing...
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Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
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This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
Dr Alun Withey
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Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
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Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
Dreams of Space -...
Space Ship to the Moon (1952)
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the...
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Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the illustrations in this book. The story is OK but the visions of spacecraft, a space station and mining on the Moon are worth seeing. This is a relatively low cost book used so if you like...
Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
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In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
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Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
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Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
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It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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Harold Lloyd’s Amazing Christmas Tree
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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Does Karma Exist?
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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Their Enemies The Russians
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
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The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
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“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
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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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
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Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
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The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
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Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
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Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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Last Chance
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Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
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In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
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What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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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.
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
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Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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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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Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
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Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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Can Violence Be Justified? A Philosophical Approach
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
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On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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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.
Summary Of Changes
Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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Who cares about Homer, anyway?
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This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
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This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
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Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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How Did Socrates Die?
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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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...
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
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Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
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“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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TheCollector
6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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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
11 months ago
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
2 months ago
TheCollector
5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
a year ago
The Original Femme Fatales?
TheCollector
Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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TheCollector
What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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TheCollector
What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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TheCollector
Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
9 months ago
TheCollector
Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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8 months ago
TheCollector
When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
2 months ago
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
Flashbak
‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
a year ago
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
TheCollector
What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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4 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
10 months ago
The Antikythera Mechanism
TheCollector
Lost Battlefield of Alexander the Great Discovered in Türkiye
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TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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TheCollector
The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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a year ago
TheCollector
Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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TheCollector
Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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TheCollector
The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
TheCollector
“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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TheCollector
What is the Eye of Ra?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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a month ago
TheCollector
Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
a year ago
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
TheCollector
How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
TheCollector
8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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3 weeks ago
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.
TheCollector
Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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8 months ago
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
Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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4 months ago
Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
a year ago
Three years late, but historians are always late
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
a year ago
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
TheCollector
Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the First Written Language?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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TheCollector
Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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a year ago
TheCollector
A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
11 months ago
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
TheCollector
What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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a year ago
Flashbak
A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
11 months ago
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
a year ago
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
TheCollector
Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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TheCollector
How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
7 months ago
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
TheCollector
A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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5 months ago
Flashbak
‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
9 months ago
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
Flashbak
Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
10 months ago
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
History Today Feed
The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
2 months ago
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
7 months ago
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
a year ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
TheCollector
Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
6 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
TheCollector
7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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a year ago
TheCollector
Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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10 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Technology indistinguishable from magic
Our age of miracles: the medical breakthroughs of 2024
3 days ago
Our age of miracles: the medical breakthroughs of 2024
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...
Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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a month ago
TheCollector
Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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a year ago
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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Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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3 weeks ago
Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
TheCollector
Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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a year ago
Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
5 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
TheCollector
Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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5 months ago
Flashbak
See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
5 months ago
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Turned the Tide in the Battle of the Atlantic?
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Trying to Understand...
The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
TheCollector
The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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2 months ago
TheCollector
MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Historical Figures in Ridiculous Frippery: Ruff Love For Old Masters
“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you...
2 days ago
“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you really were? What if the face you showed the world turned out to be a mask… with nothing beneath it?” — Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes Volker Hermes lampoons traditional...
TheCollector
When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Thatcherism?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
8 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
TheCollector
Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
NEW Event
5 months ago
TheCollector
The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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a year ago
TheCollector
1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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2 months ago
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