Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
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And Her Controversial Religion
TheCollector
Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
TheCollector
King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
Classical Wisdom
Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
4 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
TheCollector
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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TheCollector
Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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TheCollector
Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
7 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
TheCollector
What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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Flashbak
Emma Willard’s Time Maps
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that...
7 months ago
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
4 months ago
Workers and Peasants we are not.
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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TheCollector
Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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TheCollector
Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
a month ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
5 months ago
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
11 months ago
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
Flashbak
Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
8 months ago
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
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What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
a year ago
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
a month ago
Do people actually disagree that much?
Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
The Great Migration to Bluesky
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The Great Migration to Bluesky
TheCollector
The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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TheCollector
How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
TheCollector
Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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TheCollector
The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
2 weeks ago
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TheCollector
Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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History Today Feed
Korea’s War of Prisoners
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JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
6 months ago
Korea’s War of Prisoners
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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TheCollector
Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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History Today Feed
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
10 months ago
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
Flashbak
The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
11 months ago
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
History Today Feed
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
5 months ago
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
3 months ago
TheCollector
French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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TheCollector
Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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TheCollector
Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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TheCollector
Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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History Today Feed
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
2 months ago
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
TheCollector
Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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Flashbak
A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
2 weeks ago
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
TheCollector
The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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History Today Feed
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
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Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
a year ago
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
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Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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TheCollector
The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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TheCollector
New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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TheCollector
Who Was Vernon Lee?
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
TheCollector
Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
a month ago
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
TheCollector
Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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TheCollector
Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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TheCollector
How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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Flashbak
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
6 months ago
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
TheCollector
Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
TheCollector
Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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TheCollector
12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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TheCollector
What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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TheCollector
Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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TheCollector
Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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TheCollector
Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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TheCollector
The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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TheCollector
5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
TheCollector
13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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TheCollector
Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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TheCollector
What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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TheCollector
Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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TheCollector
Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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TheCollector
The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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TheCollector
The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
a year ago
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
TheCollector
Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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Flashbak
The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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History Today Feed
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
Flashbak
Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
5 months ago
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
TheCollector
What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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TheCollector
The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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TheCollector
Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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TheCollector
The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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History Today Feed
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
3 months ago
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
TheCollector
Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
TheCollector
When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
TheCollector
Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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TheCollector
6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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TheCollector
Who Is Kiki Smith?
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TheCollector
What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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TheCollector
Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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TheCollector
5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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TheCollector
Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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TheCollector
Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
4 months ago
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
TheCollector
Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters and Myths
a year ago
TheCollector
Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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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
Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
4 months ago
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
TheCollector
Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
6 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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TheCollector
Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
a week 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...
History Today Feed
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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TheCollector
Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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TheCollector
What Is the History of the Guitar?
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Flashbak
A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
Flashbak
My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
9 months ago
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
TheCollector
What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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TheCollector
Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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TheCollector
4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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TheCollector
The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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Flashbak
Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
6 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
TheCollector
A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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TheCollector
The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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TheCollector
Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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TheCollector
How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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TheCollector
Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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TheCollector
The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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TheCollector
Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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Flashbak
Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
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“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
2 months ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
Flashbak
Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
9 months ago
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
Classical Wisdom
Women of Ancient Rome
The First Roman Empress and More...
9 months ago
The First Roman Empress and More...
African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
7 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
TheCollector
Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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Classical Wisdom
Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
a year ago
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
8 months ago
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
TheCollector
Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
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The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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History Today Feed
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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Flashbak
Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
7 months ago
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
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You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
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‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
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Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
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Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
TheCollector
Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
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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, …...
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
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TheCollector
Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
TheCollector
Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
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The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
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Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
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How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
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Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
Classical Wisdom
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
a year ago
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
TheCollector
The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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Flashbak
How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
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”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
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History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
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In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
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“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
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Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
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What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
a month ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
a year ago
It's worse than you probably imagine.
History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
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Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
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But is there anything there?
TheCollector
Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
Trying to Understand...
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
TheCollector
Who Was Vercingetorix?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
5 months ago
It was all too difficult, finally.
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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What Is Solipsism?
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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On the Obscenity of Ovid
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
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plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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