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
How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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Flashbak
Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
4 months ago
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
TheCollector
Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
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Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
TheCollector
5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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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...
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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...
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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...
Flashbak
Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
3 months ago
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
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11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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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
10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
History Today Feed
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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Mon, 10/28/2024 -...
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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TheCollector
Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
a year ago
Some lessons from history and archaeology
TheCollector
The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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History Today Feed
The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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TheCollector
William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at...
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This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
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Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
3 months ago
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
a month ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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Flashbak
One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
8 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
3 months ago
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
TheCollector
7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
TheCollector
Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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History Today Feed
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
You don't need to know that.
9 months ago
You don't need to know that.
Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
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The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
4 months ago
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
Flashbak
Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
4 months ago
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
5 days ago
New Year, Old Books
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
History Today Feed
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
6 months ago
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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Flashbak
François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François...
3 weeks ago
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François Brunery (1849 – 1926), and used as the basis for his work as a painter of so-called “Cardinal Paintings”. His work depicting cardinals of the Catholic church in comical or embarrassing...
TheCollector
5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
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Journey Into the Labyrinth
Flashbak
‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
a month ago
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TheCollector
Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
TheCollector
Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
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JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
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The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
TheCollector
Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
a year ago
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
7 months ago
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
TheCollector
Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces of news.
11 months ago
And some bits and pieces of news.
Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
3 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
8 months ago
Part One, anyway. More next week.
History Today Feed
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
7 months ago
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Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
TheCollector
How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
a year ago
TheCollector
What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
TheCollector
Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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TheCollector
6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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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...
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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Open Culture
The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks,...
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With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
TheCollector
Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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History Today Feed
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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Classical Wisdom
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Ancient Anxiety
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
History Today Feed
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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History Today Feed
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
TheCollector
The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
5 months ago
Count no man happy until the end is known
TheCollector
Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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Flashbak
London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
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“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm (22 June 1924 – 15 March 2023) was born Dorothea Israelit in June 1924 in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), to a Jewish German-speaking family. In 1939 she was...
TheCollector
10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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African History...
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plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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Summary of changes for October
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
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The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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Weekend Roundup
Secrets of the Scythians
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
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In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
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Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
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Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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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...
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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...
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The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
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This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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Flashbak
New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
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Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
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It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
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History Today Feed
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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Classical Wisdom
The Tragedy of Ajax
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Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
10 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
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9 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
TheCollector
Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
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Classical Wisdom
The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
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War Stoppers and God Makers
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
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This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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Flashbak
Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
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Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
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At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
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Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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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
Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
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In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
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The Origins of Oppenheimer?
History Today Feed
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
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John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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Classical Wisdom
Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
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The Mother of Rome
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
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Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
3 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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One Way Or Another ....
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
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Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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Why Do Religions Decline?
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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Aristotle's Poetics
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Flashbak
See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
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In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
Classical Wisdom
12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
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Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
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Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
a year ago
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
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Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
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Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
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Beware the Lides of March
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Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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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...
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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.
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