TheCollector
Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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TheCollector
Who Invented the Ukulele?
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TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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TheCollector
Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
TheCollector
Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
a month ago
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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Classical Wisdom
Women of Ancient Rome
The First Roman Empress and More...
10 months ago
The First Roman Empress and More...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
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Plato on Political Polarization
Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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TheCollector
What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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TheCollector
Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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a year 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
The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
a year ago
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their encyclopedia. It was also a nice "free" classroom supplement for teachers trying to teach about the coming space age.
This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
TheCollector
Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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TheCollector
Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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10 months ago
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...
A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
a week ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
Classical Wisdom
What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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TheCollector
The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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TheCollector
What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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TheCollector
A History of the Free City of Danzig (Now Gdansk)
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TheCollector
Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
TheCollector
Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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Classical Wisdom
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
4 months ago
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
TheCollector
NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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a month ago
History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
2 weeks ago
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
TheCollector
The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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TheCollector
10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
3 months ago
The Silence of the Elephants
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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2 months ago
TheCollector
5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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11 months ago
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
The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
a month ago
TheCollector
5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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TheCollector
Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights
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History Today Feed
The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
a month ago
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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TheCollector
Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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TheCollector
The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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TheCollector
Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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TheCollector
Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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TheCollector
What Was Kantai Kessen?
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TheCollector
Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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TheCollector
7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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8 months ago
African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
6 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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TheCollector
What’s the History of Gin?
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9 months ago
Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
2 months ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
TheCollector
9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
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
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
Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
10 months ago
The Antikythera Mechanism
TheCollector
What Are Conlangs?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
7 months ago
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
Flashbak
Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
7 months ago
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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TheCollector
The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
2 months ago
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
a year ago
The Essential Greeks Returns!
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
a year ago
Ancient Philosophy for Children
TheCollector
Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
a month ago
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
TheCollector
Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
a year ago
Three years late, but historians are always late
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
TheCollector
What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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TheCollector
4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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TheCollector
The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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TheCollector
Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
11 months ago
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
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...
7 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
6 months ago
TheCollector
Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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a year ago
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...
2 months ago
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.
TheCollector
Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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TheCollector
5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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TheCollector
Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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TheCollector
The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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TheCollector
Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Death of the King of Siam
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
3 months ago
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
TheCollector
What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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2 months ago
TheCollector
“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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TheCollector
Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
5 months ago
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
TheCollector
Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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a month ago
TheCollector
7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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TheCollector
The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
TheCollector
6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
a year ago
TheCollector
What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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3 months 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
Secret Renaissance Passageway Reopens in Florence
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TheCollector
The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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a year 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
weird medieval guys
The coolest medieval woman you've never heard of
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
a year ago
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
TheCollector
Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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2 months ago
TheCollector
An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
5 months ago
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
6 months ago
TheCollector
Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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10 months ago
Flashbak
British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
2 months ago
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
TheCollector
What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
5 months ago
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
2 months ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
TheCollector
What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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11 months 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
Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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a year ago
African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
TheCollector
Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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TheCollector
10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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TheCollector
Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
4 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
TheCollector
Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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2 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
a month ago
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
TheCollector
Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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TheCollector
Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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a year ago
TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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TheCollector
The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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6 months ago
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.
Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
2 months ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
TheCollector
What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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TheCollector
How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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TheCollector
Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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a year ago
TheCollector
A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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TheCollector
What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
a year ago
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
TheCollector
Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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4 months ago
African History...
A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
a year ago
demystifying an ancient African society
Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
TheCollector
Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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2 months ago
Res Obscura
Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
Three theories
a year ago
TheCollector
Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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7 months ago
TheCollector
6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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TheCollector
Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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TheCollector
Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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Classical Wisdom
The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
6 months ago
And the Boundless Universe
TheCollector
The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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a year ago
TheCollector
NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
11 months ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
7 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
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...
a month 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
Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
TheCollector
Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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a year ago
TheCollector
Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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4 months ago
Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
8 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
Wrong Side of...
The Indian-American century
On the Anglo-Indo-sphere
4 days ago
TheCollector
What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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a year ago
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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2 months ago
African History...
The Meroitic script and the documents of ancient Kush (ca. 300BC-450CE)
The Meroitic writing system of the kingdom of Kush is one of the best-known, yet most enigmatic...
5 days ago
The Meroitic writing system of the kingdom of Kush is one of the best-known, yet most enigmatic scripts of the ancient world.
TheCollector
Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
TheCollector
7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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5 months ago
Flashbak
The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
a week ago
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
TheCollector
The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
6 months ago
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
a year ago
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
a month ago
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
TheCollector
How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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a year ago
African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
a year ago
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
Classical Wisdom
Upcoming Events
So you're in the know...
a year ago
TheCollector
Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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5 months ago
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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a month ago
Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
7 months ago
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
TheCollector
Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
8 months ago
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
TheCollector
Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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3 weeks ago
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
TheCollector
The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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a month ago
CrimethInc.
The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
a month ago
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
TheCollector
Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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7 months ago
TheCollector
“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
4 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
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...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
12 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the First Written Language?
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4 months ago
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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12 months ago
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Were Anglo-Saxon Pagans a Threat to Medieval Christian Society?
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a week ago
TheCollector
How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
7 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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a year ago
TheCollector
From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
a month ago
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
a month ago
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
TheCollector
Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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a year 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...
African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
a year ago
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
TheCollector
What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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a month ago
TheCollector
4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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a year ago
African History...
A complete history of Zeila (Zayla): ca. 800-1885 CE.
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
TheCollector
Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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a month ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Kuomintang?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
a year ago
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
TheCollector
1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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5 months ago
African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
a year ago
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
TheCollector
What Is Transcendentalism?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
TheCollector
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
a month ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
TheCollector
Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
7 months ago
Should you meet your heroes?
TheCollector
What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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5 months ago
African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
a month ago
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
TheCollector
Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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a month ago
TheCollector
How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
a year ago
History Today Feed
How the CCP is Closing China
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
7 months ago
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
TheCollector
How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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a year ago
TheCollector
P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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6 months ago
TheCollector
7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
9 months ago
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
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