TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year ago
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.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
TheCollector
The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
7 months ago
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
TheCollector
The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
3 weeks ago
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
Classical Wisdom
Monsters of Mythology
Who Made the Top Ten?
a month ago
TheCollector
What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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11 months ago
African History...
The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 8
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
Classical Wisdom
Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
a year ago
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
TheCollector
What Was the Hanseatic League?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
10 months ago
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
a week ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
Trying to Understand...
It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
TheCollector
7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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TheCollector
Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
3 months ago
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
African History...
A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
Journal of African cities chapter 5
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 5
TheCollector
From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
4 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
History Today Feed
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
8 months ago
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
History Today Feed
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
8 months ago
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
TheCollector
1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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TheCollector
Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
2 months ago
TheCollector
8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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2 weeks ago
History Today Feed
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
9 months ago
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
a month ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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2 weeks ago
Flashbak
Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
2 months ago
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
TheCollector
The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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TheCollector
10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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TheCollector
World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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TheCollector
Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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TheCollector
10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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TheCollector
Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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6 months ago
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
Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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TheCollector
10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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TheCollector
The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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TheCollector
What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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a year ago
TheCollector
UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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TheCollector
How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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TheCollector
Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The First Biographers
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
a year ago
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
TheCollector
The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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TheCollector
Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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TheCollector
What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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TheCollector
Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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TheCollector
8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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TheCollector
The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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TheCollector
Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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3 months ago
Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
a week ago
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
TheCollector
‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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5 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
TheCollector
Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
Flashbak
Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
8 months ago
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
TheCollector
What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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TheCollector
The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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TheCollector
Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
10 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
TheCollector
Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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TheCollector
How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
TheCollector
Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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a year ago
TheCollector
Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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a year ago
TheCollector
Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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TheCollector
What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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TheCollector
The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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a year ago
TheCollector
Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
History Today Feed
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
4 months ago
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
TheCollector
How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
2 months ago
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
TheCollector
10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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TheCollector
Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
8 months ago
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
9 months ago
Again. In a manner of speaking.
History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
6 months ago
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
TheCollector
Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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10 months ago
TheCollector
10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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TheCollector
The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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8 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
a week ago
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
10 months ago
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
TheCollector
Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
9 months ago
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
TheCollector
Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
TheCollector
Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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TheCollector
Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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TheCollector
What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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TheCollector
Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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TheCollector
Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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TheCollector
What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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TheCollector
Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
History Today Feed
Columbine 25 Years On
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
8 months ago
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
Flashbak
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...
TheCollector
What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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TheCollector
What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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TheCollector
7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
a week ago
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
TheCollector
10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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Flashbak
Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
3 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
TheCollector
What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
a year ago
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
TheCollector
Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
TheCollector
6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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11 months 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.
Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
TheCollector
Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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TheCollector
Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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TheCollector
Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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TheCollector
What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
TheCollector
The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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2 weeks ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
TheCollector
What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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TheCollector
10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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TheCollector
William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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4 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
2 days ago
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
TheCollector
5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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TheCollector
A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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TheCollector
Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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TheCollector
Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
TheCollector
The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
9 months ago
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
TheCollector
Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
a year ago
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
TheCollector
What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
3 weeks ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
TheCollector
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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TheCollector
Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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TheCollector
What Was the Underground Railroad?
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TheCollector
The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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TheCollector
Who Was Vercingetorix?
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TheCollector
8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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Flashbak
12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
a month ago
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
3 weeks ago
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
a year ago
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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History Today Feed
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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TheCollector
6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
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A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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11 months ago
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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a month ago
Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
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Have they any idea what they are talking about?
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The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
Flashbak
16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
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Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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CrimethInc.
History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of...
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Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
TheCollector
Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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over a year ago
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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TheCollector
The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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TheCollector
Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
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a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
TheCollector
Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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TheCollector
Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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8 months ago
TheCollector
When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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TheCollector
Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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TheCollector
The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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Nature in Greek Myth
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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TheCollector
The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
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Hundred Rabbits
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over a year ago
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
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A Different View of Thucydides
Trying to Understand...
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5 months ago
A book review from the future.
TheCollector
How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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Classical Wisdom
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Myths and Metamorphoses
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TheCollector
What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
10 months ago
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
TheCollector
More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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4 months ago
TheCollector
6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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a year ago
Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
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Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
TheCollector
How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
a month ago
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
TheCollector
What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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11 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Educated rage
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American polarisation: part 2
A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
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a month ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
TheCollector
London Olympics and Tony Blair’s Decision on Parthenon Marbles
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TheCollector
New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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TheCollector
What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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TheCollector
6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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TheCollector
5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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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?
TheCollector
Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
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Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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TheCollector
10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
TheCollector
Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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TheCollector
How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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10 months ago
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
History Today Feed
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
Flashbak
That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
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St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
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What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
a year ago
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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TheCollector
Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
TheCollector
Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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History Today Feed
How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
11 months ago
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
TheCollector
Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’...
3 months ago
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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a year ago
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