TheCollector
Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
11 months ago
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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a year ago
TheCollector
Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
TheCollector
What is Appalachian Culture?
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TheCollector
What Is Anti-Natalism?
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a year ago
TheCollector
‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
4 months ago
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
TheCollector
10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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TheCollector
End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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a year ago
TheCollector
History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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10 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
2 months ago
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
4 months ago
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
8 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
a week ago
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
TheCollector
When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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2 months ago
African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
7 months ago
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
TheCollector
Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
TheCollector
How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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TheCollector
What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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11 months 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
How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
TheCollector
A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
History Today Feed
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
8 months ago
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
TheCollector
Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
3 weeks ago
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
History Today Feed
The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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a year ago
TheCollector
Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
a year ago
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
6 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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TheCollector
What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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TheCollector
Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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a year ago
Flashbak
How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
5 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
TheCollector
Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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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.
9 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
TheCollector
Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Is Russian Futurism?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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TheCollector
4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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TheCollector
8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
a year ago
Laconic wit through the centuries
Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
a year ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
Trying to Understand...
The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
11 months ago
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
a month ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
TheCollector
Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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7 months 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...
5 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".
Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
a year ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
5 months ago
Workers and Peasants we are not.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
8 months ago
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
TheCollector
What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 -...
2 months ago
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 - 10:04
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Fate and Free Will
8 months ago
History Today Feed
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
2 months ago
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
TheCollector
The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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a year ago
Flashbak
Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
a year ago
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
Open Culture
The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks,...
2 weeks ago
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
TheCollector
Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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5 months ago
TheCollector
17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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11 months ago
Flashbak
The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
6 months ago
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
Classical Wisdom
Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
a year ago
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
TheCollector
How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
4 weeks ago
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
TheCollector
Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
a year ago
TheCollector
New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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a month ago
TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
TheCollector
The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
8 months ago
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
a month ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
TheCollector
Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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a year ago
TheCollector
Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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10 months ago
TheCollector
6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
TheCollector
The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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TheCollector
What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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TheCollector
Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
a year ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
TheCollector
10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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TheCollector
Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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a month ago
History Today Feed
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
a year ago
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
Flashbak
Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
5 months ago
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
History Today Feed
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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TheCollector
What Does the New Testament Say About Hell?
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TheCollector
Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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TheCollector
Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
TheCollector
The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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TheCollector
What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
7 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
TheCollector
Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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11 months ago
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...
a month ago
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.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
We...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
TheCollector
What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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TheCollector
Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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2 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
Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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TheCollector
What Was Organization Todt?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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a year ago
Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
Most of them are not from 2023
a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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TheCollector
What is Pantheism in Art?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Eva Perón: Is She Really a Feminist Icon?
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6 days ago
Trying to Understand...
How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
a year ago
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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7 months ago
TheCollector
9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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3 weeks ago
Flashbak
Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
a month ago
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
Res Obscura
Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
Three theories
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 days ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated the documentation for our various projects.
Left, added support for unicode input(Mastodon).
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Air to Ground...
TheCollector
How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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TheCollector
Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
a year ago
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
TheCollector
The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
Trying to Understand...
Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
a year ago
Winning the day and losing the war.
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
But right back where we started from.
TheCollector
What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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TheCollector
When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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TheCollector
A History of the United States Senate
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TheCollector
Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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What Does It Mean to Be a Critical Thinker?
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Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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Flashbak
Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
a month ago
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
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It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
3 months ago
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
TheCollector
10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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Classical Wisdom
Monsters of Mythology
Who Made the Top Ten?
2 months ago
TheCollector
How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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TheCollector
17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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TheCollector
Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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Flashbak
John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
3 weeks ago
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
TheCollector
Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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4 months ago
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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TheCollector
11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
2 weeks ago
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
Flashbak
In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
2 months ago
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
TheCollector
What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
9 months ago
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
TheCollector
What Was Operation Downfall?
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TheCollector
Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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What Are the Five French Republics?
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Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
6 months ago
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
TheCollector
The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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TheCollector
Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
4 weeks ago
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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TheCollector
What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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TheCollector
How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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TheCollector
KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
2 months ago
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
6 Assassinations That Changed History
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A Brief History of Chile
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Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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Classical Wisdom
St. Nicholas
The Saint behind Santa
a week ago
TheCollector
Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
a year ago
a revolution with a contested legacy.
TheCollector
What Is Theodicy?
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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Classical Wisdom
Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
a year ago
Flashbak
Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
TheCollector
6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
3 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
10 months ago
CrimethInc.
Sacrificial Violence and Retribution
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way...
a week ago
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way to understand the different forms of violence that are coming to the fore in our society right now. In the appendix, we offer an incomplete roundup of various responses to the...
TheCollector
Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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TheCollector
West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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History Today Feed
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
4 months ago
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
TheCollector
Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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TheCollector
Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Flashbak
Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
7 months ago
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
TheCollector
What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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10 months ago
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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TheCollector
Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
8 months ago
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
TheCollector
10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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Trying to Understand...
A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
What's it going to be, then?
a year ago
What's it going to be, then?
TheCollector
Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
TheCollector
Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
TheCollector
Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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TheCollector
What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
Global Inequality...
Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
TheCollector
Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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TheCollector
An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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TheCollector
6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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TheCollector
Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
8 months ago
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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10 London Museums You Should Visit
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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9 months ago
African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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