TheCollector
History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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TheCollector
Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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TheCollector
5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
12 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
TheCollector
Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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TheCollector
Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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TheCollector
The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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TheCollector
The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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TheCollector
10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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TheCollector
Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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TheCollector
What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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TheCollector
6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
a month ago
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
TheCollector
How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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TheCollector
What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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a year ago
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
Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
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
Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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TheCollector
The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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TheCollector
The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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TheCollector
How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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TheCollector
10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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7 months ago
TheCollector
3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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TheCollector
Cotton & How It Changed the World
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TheCollector
What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
8 months ago
TheCollector
Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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11 months ago
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...
Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
TheCollector
The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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TheCollector
What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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TheCollector
How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
12 months ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
TheCollector
Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
TheCollector
The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the...
a month ago
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
TheCollector
4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“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 ...
Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
Flashbak
Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
History Today Feed
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
6 months ago
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
a year ago
Augustus and Ancient Religion
TheCollector
The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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a year ago
African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
a year ago
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Roman Empire Podcasts
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 days 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, updated the documentation for our various projects.
Left, added support for unicode input(Mastodon).
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Air to Ground...
TheCollector
How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
a month ago
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
2 months ago
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
Wrong Side of...
The Indian-American century
On the Anglo-Indo-sphere
4 days ago
TheCollector
The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
4 months ago
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
Flashbak
Stock Car Racing in 1972
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
a month ago
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
a year ago
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
TheCollector
Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
TheCollector
King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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a year ago
TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
a year ago
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
TheCollector
Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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TheCollector
Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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a year ago
TheCollector
Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
a year ago
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
TheCollector
Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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a year ago
African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
over a year ago
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
TheCollector
Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
3 months ago
TheCollector
The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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11 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
2 months ago
Do people actually disagree that much?
TheCollector
New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Quick Notification
In Search of Homer
2 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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6 months ago
African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
7 months ago
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
TheCollector
The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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5 months ago
Global Inequality...
To be young, perchance to dream
A review of Miloš Vojinović's “The political ideas of the Young Bosnia”
6 days ago
A review of Miloš Vojinović's “The political ideas of the Young Bosnia”
Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
a month ago
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
TheCollector
What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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a year ago
CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
a month ago
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
TheCollector
Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
7 months ago
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
TheCollector
Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
10 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
4 weeks ago
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
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...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
a month ago
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
TheCollector
Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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11 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
2 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
TheCollector
What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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TheCollector
Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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4 months ago
Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
8 months ago
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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a month ago
TheCollector
The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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a week ago
TheCollector
Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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a year ago
TheCollector
Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
10 months ago
TheCollector
Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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3 months ago
Flashbak
The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
2 months ago
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
TheCollector
An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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4 months ago
Flashbak
This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
2 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
TheCollector
9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
TheCollector
The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
History Today Feed
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
a year ago
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
TheCollector
Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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a year ago
TheCollector
The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 - 15:56
History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
8 months ago
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
3 months ago
TheCollector
Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
a month ago
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
TheCollector
Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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11 months ago
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...
2 weeks 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
The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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3 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently...
2 months ago
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
Flashbak
Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
a month ago
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
TheCollector
What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
TheCollector
The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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6 months ago
Hidden History
The 1914 Christmas Truce
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous...
a week ago
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous events to come out of the First World War. Some have called it the last gasp of the chivalric age of professional militaries and gentlemen officers, to be followed by the full horrors...
TheCollector
When the US Senate Put Comic Books on Trial
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TheCollector
Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
2 weeks ago
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
TheCollector
What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
a month ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
TheCollector
What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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TheCollector
Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
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Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
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The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
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Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
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Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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What Is Populism?
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Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
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“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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Luxembourg in WWII: From Neutrality to Occupation
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A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
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Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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A Collection of...
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Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
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“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...
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When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
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A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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Should We Glorify Caesar?
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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Respect the Spartan Woman!
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How was it for the ancient ladies?
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How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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A history of the monastic high life
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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London Olympics and Tony Blair’s Decision on Parthenon Marbles
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
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All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
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A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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