TheCollector
9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
TheCollector
What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
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Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
TheCollector
Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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History Today Feed
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
a year ago
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
TheCollector
10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
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In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
TheCollector
Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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TheCollector
How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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TheCollector
The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
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Without living forever in fear and worry?
TheCollector
How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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TheCollector
French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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TheCollector
What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
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Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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,...
TheCollector
When Was D-Day?
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TheCollector
8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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TheCollector
How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
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The Life and Work of Pheidias
TheCollector
Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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TheCollector
Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
4 months ago
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
History Today Feed
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
7 months ago
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
7 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
NEW Event
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Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
TheCollector
What Is the Ides of March?
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Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
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Power laws in criminal behavior
TheCollector
What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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TheCollector
What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
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New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
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
Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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TheCollector
Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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TheCollector
4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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History Today Feed
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
a year ago
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
TheCollector
What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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TheCollector
6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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TheCollector
The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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TheCollector
Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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TheCollector
Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
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TheCollector
10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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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...
TheCollector
Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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TheCollector
Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
4 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
TheCollector
How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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TheCollector
How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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TheCollector
11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
Begins in Two Weeks
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
Flashbak
Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
9 months ago
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
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TheCollector
How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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TheCollector
What Are the Five French Republics?
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TheCollector
Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
TheCollector
Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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TheCollector
Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
TheCollector
The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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TheCollector
8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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TheCollector
Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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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
Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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TheCollector
5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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TheCollector
Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
a year ago
It's worse than you probably imagine.
TheCollector
Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
a year ago
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
Flashbak
Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
7 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
TheCollector
Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
TheCollector
Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
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Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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TheCollector
5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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TheCollector
What Is Conceptual Photography?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
TheCollector
10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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TheCollector
12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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TheCollector
Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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Flashbak
Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
weird medieval guys
Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
a year ago
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
TheCollector
Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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TheCollector
New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
TheCollector
What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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TheCollector
Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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TheCollector
10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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TheCollector
Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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History Today Feed
History Today Review of the Year
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
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 December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
TheCollector
Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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TheCollector
Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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History Today Feed
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
History Today Feed
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
4 months ago
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
TheCollector
Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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6 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
TheCollector
Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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TheCollector
Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
3 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
Classical Wisdom
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Last Chance!
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History Today Feed
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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TheCollector
Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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TheCollector
Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
a week ago
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
a month ago
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
TheCollector
Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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TheCollector
5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
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Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
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Journal of African cities chapter 6
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...
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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...
TheCollector
11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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TheCollector
When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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TheCollector
What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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History Today Feed
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
TheCollector
These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
a year ago
Flashbak
Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
3 months ago
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
TheCollector
Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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TheCollector
Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
7 months ago
Mothers of the Ancient World
TheCollector
What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
12 months ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
TheCollector
P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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TheCollector
What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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TheCollector
Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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History Today Feed
Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
6 months ago
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
a year ago
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
Classical Wisdom
Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
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The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
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TheCollector
The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
a year ago
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
a month ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
You don't need to know that.
9 months ago
You don't need to know that.
CrimethInc.
History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of...
a month ago
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
We...
TheCollector
Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
3 months ago
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
TheCollector
What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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TheCollector
Did Jesus Live in India?
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TheCollector
Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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a year ago
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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TheCollector
Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
TheCollector
What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
TheCollector
How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
3 weeks ago
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
TheCollector
Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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3 weeks ago
Trying to Understand...
A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
a year ago
They are quite serious, actually.
Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
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African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
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TheCollector
The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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TheCollector
What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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Flashbak
My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
9 months ago
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
Flashbak
Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
8 months ago
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
TheCollector
Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
11 months ago
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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2 months ago
Flashbak
The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us...
7 hours ago
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
TheCollector
What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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11 months ago
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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a month ago
TheCollector
Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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7 months ago
Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
10 months ago
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
Dreams of Space -...
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...
a year ago
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
TheCollector
What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
a year ago
Art of the Hellenistic Period
TheCollector
Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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3 months ago
Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
5 days ago
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
3 days ago
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
TheCollector
Why Are There Two Virginias?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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3 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Lost and Found
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
10 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
History Today Feed
Putting Mothers on Death Row
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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TheCollector
How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
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...
10 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,...
TheCollector
What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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3 months ago
TheCollector
MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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2 months ago
weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
TheCollector
Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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a year ago
TheCollector
The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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8 months ago
Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
a month ago
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
TheCollector
The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
But right back where we started from.
TheCollector
1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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a year ago
TheCollector
Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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TheCollector
Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
a year ago
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
TheCollector
French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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a month ago
TheCollector
‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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5 days ago
Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
2 months ago
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
TheCollector
$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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TheCollector
4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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TheCollector
Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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11 months ago
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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9 months ago
Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
4 months ago
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
TheCollector
Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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10 months ago
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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a year ago
Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
2 months ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
TheCollector
What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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TheCollector
5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
10 months ago
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
TheCollector
Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
a year ago
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
2 weeks ago
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
10 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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12 months ago
TheCollector
What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
TheCollector
Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
2 weeks ago
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
TheCollector
4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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TheCollector
The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
TheCollector
Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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2 months ago
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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a year ago
TheCollector
12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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TheCollector
How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
TheCollector
How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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7 months ago
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