TheCollector
The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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TheCollector
How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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TheCollector
Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
11 months ago
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
History Today Feed
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
3 months ago
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
TheCollector
John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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TheCollector
Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
a year ago
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
TheCollector
The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
TheCollector
Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
TheCollector
What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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TheCollector
Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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9 months ago
Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
a month ago
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 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 January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
TheCollector
Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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TheCollector
Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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TheCollector
Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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TheCollector
Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
7 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
TheCollector
What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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Classical Wisdom
Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
a year ago
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
TheCollector
The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
10 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
TheCollector
6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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TheCollector
Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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TheCollector
Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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TheCollector
Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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TheCollector
Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
African History...
Join me on Notes
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
a year ago
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
Flashbak
Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
a month ago
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
TheCollector
Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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TheCollector
Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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Flashbak
Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
6 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
Trying to Understand...
The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
2 months ago
Flashbak
The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
5 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
TheCollector
Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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TheCollector
How Are Art and Science Related?
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TheCollector
Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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TheCollector
What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Classical Wisdom
5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
7 months ago
TheCollector
The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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TheCollector
Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
hello fujisan
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
TheCollector
Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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TheCollector
8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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Classical Wisdom
Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
a month ago
TheCollector
How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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TheCollector
5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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TheCollector
Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
TheCollector
Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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TheCollector
The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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TheCollector
5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
TheCollector
What Is the Didache?
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TheCollector
Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
a year ago
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
a month ago
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
Classical Wisdom
Final Call
Class Begins Tomorrow
11 months ago
TheCollector
How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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TheCollector
Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
4 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
TheCollector
Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love and Death
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
TheCollector
Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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TheCollector
What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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TheCollector
A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
a year ago
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
TheCollector
Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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TheCollector
The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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TheCollector
Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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TheCollector
When Was D-Day?
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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TheCollector
6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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TheCollector
World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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TheCollector
Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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TheCollector
How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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History Today Feed
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
9 months ago
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
Flashbak
Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
6 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
Flashbak
Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
5 months ago
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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TheCollector
3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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Flashbak
Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
2 months ago
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
TheCollector
Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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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...
TheCollector
Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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TheCollector
Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
5 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
Flashbak
Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
9 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
TheCollector
10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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TheCollector
What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
11 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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TheCollector
Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
9 months ago
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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TheCollector
How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
10 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
TheCollector
The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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TheCollector
New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
TheCollector
What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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TheCollector
Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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TheCollector
9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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7 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...
Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
a year ago
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
TheCollector
Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
a year ago
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
6 months ago
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
a month ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classics Gifts!
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
2 months ago
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
2 months ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
10 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
Flashbak
Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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TheCollector
Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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TheCollector
The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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TheCollector
Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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TheCollector
A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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2 weeks 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
Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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9 months ago
weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
a year ago
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
5 months ago
Wars and ideology simplified
TheCollector
5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Blindspots and Biographies
a year ago
Blindspots and Biographies
CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
2 weeks ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
TheCollector
What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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TheCollector
World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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TheCollector
The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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a year ago
TheCollector
Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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4 months ago
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
TheCollector
How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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TheCollector
The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
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The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
TheCollector
Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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Xerxes the Great
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
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Who is the God of Dreams?
TheCollector
Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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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,...
5 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
What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
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How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
10 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
Flashbak
Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
11 months ago
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
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At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
TheCollector
Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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Flashbak
Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
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During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
TheCollector
The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
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Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
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TheCollector
The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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What Was Négritude?
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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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.
History Today Feed
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
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Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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Classical Wisdom
What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
2 months ago
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
TheCollector
20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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TheCollector
U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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Flashbak
London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
TheCollector
8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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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 -...
a month ago
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
a month ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
History Today Feed
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
11 months ago
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
TheCollector
6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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Flashbak
Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
4 months ago
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
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(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
2 months ago
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
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a year ago
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TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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TheCollector
Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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Classical Wisdom
Women of Ancient Rome
The First Roman Empress and More...
9 months ago
The First Roman Empress and More...
TheCollector
5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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History Today Feed
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
4 months ago
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
TheCollector
What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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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
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
TheCollector
What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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Flashbak
Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
TheCollector
Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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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...
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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
Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
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Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
TheCollector
Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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African History...
Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
TheCollector
Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
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The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
TheCollector
Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
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On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
4 months ago
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
TheCollector
History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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TheCollector
17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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History Today Feed
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
11 months ago
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
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