TheCollector
Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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TheCollector
Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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TheCollector
Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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TheCollector
5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
10 months ago
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
TheCollector
10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
6 months ago
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
TheCollector
8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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History Today Feed
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
12 months ago
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
Flashbak
The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
a week ago
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
Classical Wisdom
Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
a year ago
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
TheCollector
What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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History Today Feed
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
9 months ago
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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5 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
Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
3 months ago
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
TheCollector
The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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TheCollector
Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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TheCollector
Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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TheCollector
Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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TheCollector
What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
9 months ago
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
TheCollector
How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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TheCollector
Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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TheCollector
What Are the Five French Republics?
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TheCollector
Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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TheCollector
Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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TheCollector
How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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History Today Feed
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
8 months ago
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
6 months ago
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
a year ago
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
TheCollector
5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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TheCollector
10 Historic Cities for Expats Around the World
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TheCollector
10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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TheCollector
Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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TheCollector
Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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TheCollector
Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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Flashbak
On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
10 months ago
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
TheCollector
What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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TheCollector
Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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TheCollector
The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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TheCollector
Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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Classical Wisdom
How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
a year ago
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
a year ago
TheCollector
The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
TheCollector
What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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TheCollector
What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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TheCollector
Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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TheCollector
Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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TheCollector
What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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TheCollector
What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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TheCollector
Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
7 months ago
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
TheCollector
10 London Museums You Should Visit
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TheCollector
Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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TheCollector
The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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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.
TheCollector
What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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TheCollector
Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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TheCollector
History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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TheCollector
Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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TheCollector
The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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TheCollector
5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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Overcoming Bias
What Priority The Innocent?
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
a week ago
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
TheCollector
New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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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
Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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TheCollector
7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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TheCollector
4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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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
Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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TheCollector
England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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11 months ago
African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
a year ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
over a year ago
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
TheCollector
Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
a month ago
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
Flashbak
Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
7 months ago
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
TheCollector
Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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History Today Feed
Death of a Turkey Legend
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
3 weeks ago
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
7 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Leaving behind the history written in letters of blood
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, Part 3
a week ago
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, Part 3
TheCollector
What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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TheCollector
From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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TheCollector
Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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TheCollector
What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
4 months ago
TheCollector
When Did the Korean War Start?
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TheCollector
6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
10 months ago
The Antikythera Mechanism
TheCollector
Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
9 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
2 months ago
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
3 weeks ago
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
Flashbak
Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
a year ago
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
TheCollector
8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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TheCollector
Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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TheCollector
Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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TheCollector
Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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History Today Feed
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
2 weeks ago
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
TheCollector
9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
6 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
TheCollector
Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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TheCollector
TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
TheCollector
How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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11 months ago
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
Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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TheCollector
What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
100r.co,...
Flashbak
Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
9 months ago
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
TheCollector
What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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TheCollector
Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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TheCollector
What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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TheCollector
New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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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?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato and Atlantis
11 months ago
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?
CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
a month ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
TheCollector
Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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TheCollector
Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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TheCollector
How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Julio-Claudians
5 months ago
Flashbak
1980s NYC and the 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...
TheCollector
What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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History Today Feed
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
a month ago
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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TheCollector
13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
10 months ago
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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TheCollector
A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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TheCollector
What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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2 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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TheCollector
Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
2 months ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
TheCollector
A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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TheCollector
7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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TheCollector
Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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TheCollector
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
TheCollector
Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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TheCollector
How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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TheCollector
What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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TheCollector
Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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TheCollector
Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
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...
3 weeks 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, …...
TheCollector
The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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TheCollector
Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
TheCollector
7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
3 weeks ago
Global Inequality...
The three German fears
Historical origins of the malaise
a year ago
Historical origins of the malaise
TheCollector
Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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12 months ago
History Today Feed
History Today Review of the Year
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
Flashbak
42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
2 weeks ago
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
TheCollector
The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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TheCollector
What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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TheCollector
A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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a year ago
TheCollector
Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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TheCollector
7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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a month ago
African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 7
A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
12 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
TheCollector
What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
a year ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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11 months ago
Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
3 weeks ago
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
TheCollector
Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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a month ago
TheCollector
Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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10 months ago
CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
2 weeks ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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6 months ago
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
TheCollector
Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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6 months ago
TheCollector
When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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4 weeks ago
TheCollector
Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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12 months ago
Flashbak
A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
11 months ago
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
TheCollector
10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
7 Depictions of War by Famous Artists Everyone Should Know
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TheCollector
7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
And the Palace where it was found...
a year ago
And the Palace where it was found...
TheCollector
What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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7 months ago
TheCollector
5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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4 months ago
TheCollector
American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
10 months ago
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
TheCollector
What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
8 months ago
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
Flashbak
The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
a year ago
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
TheCollector
10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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a year ago
TheCollector
From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Women in Philosophy of Mind You Should Know
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4 days ago
TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Forgotten US Presidents
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
TheCollector
Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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a year ago
TheCollector
Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
a year ago
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
5 months ago
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
TheCollector
The Historically Accurate Greek Armors of Dimitrios Katsikis (Interview)
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a week ago
African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on...
3 months ago
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
TheCollector
Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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10 months ago
TheCollector
4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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a month ago
TheCollector
10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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a year ago
Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
a year ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
TheCollector
8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
TheCollector
The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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a year ago
Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
2 weeks ago
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
TheCollector
Who Was George Eliot?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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a year ago
TheCollector
Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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a month ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
10 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
History Today Feed
The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
a month ago
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
TheCollector
Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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5 months ago
TheCollector
9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
11 months ago
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
TheCollector
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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a year ago
TheCollector
Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
TheCollector
Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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5 months ago
TheCollector
5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Descartes View Animals?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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2 months ago
Open Culture
Bob Dylan Reads “ ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” On His Holiday Radio Show (2006)
Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex...
a week ago
Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex Pistols’ singer John Lydon, former Clash frontman Joe Strummer, former Woody Guthrie impersonator Bob Dylan.… Luckily for me, this ain’t just fantasy baseball; at various times,...
TheCollector
What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
Flashbak
At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
History Today Feed
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
5 months ago
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Final Call
Class Begins Tomorrow
11 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
7 months ago
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
TheCollector
The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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3 weeks ago
Flashbak
How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
TheCollector
Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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a year ago
Open Culture
Famous Architects Dress as Their Famous New York City Buildings (1931)
On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York...
yesterday
On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York City. According to an advertisement for the event, anyone who paid $15 per ticket (big money during the Depression) could see a “hilarious modern art exhibition” and things...
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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a month ago
Flashbak
Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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TheCollector
The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
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