TheCollector
Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
8 months ago
History Today Feed
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
a year ago
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
TheCollector
What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
3 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
TheCollector
J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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a month ago
Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
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...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
TheCollector
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
7 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
2 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
a year ago
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
TheCollector
What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Female Heroes of World War II
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9 months ago
TheCollector
6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
a month ago
TheCollector
What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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5 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
a month ago
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
TheCollector
Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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5 months ago
Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
a year ago
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
4 months ago
Golden Age of Latin Literature
TheCollector
How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
7 months ago
Should you meet your heroes?
History Today Feed
The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
a month ago
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
a year ago
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
TheCollector
7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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9 months ago
Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
a year ago
On cartography as historical argument
TheCollector
8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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11 months ago
African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
8 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
TheCollector
Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
3 weeks ago
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
Classical Wisdom
Important Notification
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
TheCollector
When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
a year ago
Augustus and Ancient Religion
Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
TheCollector
The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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a month ago
TheCollector
Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
6 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
Trying to Understand...
Things Don't Always Get Better.
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
2 months ago
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
TheCollector
10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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a month ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Continue Reading
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.
TheCollector
A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
2 months ago
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
TheCollector
6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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a year ago
TheCollector
Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is First Corinthians About?
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a month ago
TheCollector
6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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a week ago
Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
TheCollector
What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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8 months ago
African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
a year ago
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
TheCollector
Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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TheCollector
German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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a year ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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a year ago
TheCollector
Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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a month ago
TheCollector
10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
4 months ago
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
TheCollector
Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
4 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
History Today Feed
The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
TheCollector
A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
3 months ago
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
TheCollector
Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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a year ago
TheCollector
Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
10 months ago
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
TheCollector
8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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a month ago
TheCollector
Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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3 months ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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3 weeks ago
Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
a week ago
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
TheCollector
What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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a year ago
TheCollector
Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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a year ago
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
10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
5 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
TheCollector
Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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3 months ago
TheCollector
A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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7 months ago
TheCollector
3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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a year ago
TheCollector
13 English Words with Greek Origins
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a year ago
TheCollector
Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Voguing?
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
2 weeks ago
But who is prepared to admit it?
TheCollector
What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
11 months ago
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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4 months ago
Flashbak
London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
2 months ago
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
Flashbak
Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
5 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
TheCollector
Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
6 months ago
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
TheCollector
Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
2 months ago
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
TheCollector
What Was the Berlin Conference?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
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
TheCollector
The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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TheCollector
Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
4 months ago
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
TheCollector
Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Sufism in South and South East Asia
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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a year ago
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...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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a year ago
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
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
History Today Feed
The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
a month ago
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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TheCollector
The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
History Today Feed
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
9 months ago
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
4 days ago
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
a year ago
TheCollector
What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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a month ago
TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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TheCollector
What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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TheCollector
Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
10 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
History Today Feed
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
8 months ago
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
TheCollector
Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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a month ago
History Today Feed
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
JamesHoare
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The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
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Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
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What if the Syrians can’t return home?
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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Trying to Understand...
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Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
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Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
6 months ago
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
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10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
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In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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A Week Off And A New Language
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
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A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
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But right back where we started from.
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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.
TheCollector
Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
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Journal of African cities chapter 6
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
2 months ago
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
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Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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Open Culture
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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Fellow believers or fellow citizens?
Liberalism dies in darkness
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Liberalism dies in darkness
TheCollector
What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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Classical Wisdom
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The Mother of Rome
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Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
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How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
TheCollector
Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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Plutarch and Pleasure
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Who Was Vernon Lee?
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René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“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‘...
A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
2 months ago
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
TheCollector
The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
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Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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Global Inequality...
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Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
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5 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
TheCollector
Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
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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The Mystery of Penelope
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TheCollector
6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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Classical Wisdom
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Aristotle on Friendship
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Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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TheCollector
What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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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...
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
Flashbak
New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
9 months ago
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
TheCollector
Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
a year ago
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
a month ago
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
TheCollector
How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
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...
TheCollector
10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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TheCollector
5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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TheCollector
Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Flashbak
Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
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“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
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How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
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How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
TheCollector
Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
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Hades
The God of the Dead
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TheCollector
What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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