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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
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“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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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.
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the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
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What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
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Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
a year ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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A (Brief) History of the IRA
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
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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...
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
5 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
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What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
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The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
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...and the feared Persian Army
TheCollector
What Is the Gettier Problem?
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
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Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
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Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
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The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
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“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‘...
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
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New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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Classical Wisdom
Events Schedule
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*Time Correction for Wednesday
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6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
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Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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The Death of Clive of India
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Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
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Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
TheCollector
What is the Eye of Ra?
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African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
6 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
2 months ago
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
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The Life and Work of Pheidias
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...
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What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
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It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
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Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
Flashbak
Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
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He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
Trying to Understand...
Le Missile passera toujours ... mais qui est prêt à l’admettre ?
Another of my essays in French.
5 days ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
4 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
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...
11 months ago
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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5 Military Geniuses From History
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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Leaving behind the history written in letters of blood
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, Part 3
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Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, Part 3
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
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Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
10 months ago
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Hidden History
The Story of the Cow
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
3 days ago
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
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5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
TheCollector
Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Does Marcus Matter?
11 months ago
African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
2 months ago
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
TheCollector
Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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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...
History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
TheCollector
What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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Ode to a Grecian Tour
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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Trying to Understand...
No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
3 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
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Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
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German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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Classical Wisdom
Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
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Essential Classics
Memorial Sales Ends
7 months ago
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Can Perfumes Be Art? Famous Artists Who Designed Perfume Bottles
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
a month ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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Classical Wisdom
What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
10 months ago
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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What Is Populism?
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Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
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Does what goes around come around?
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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6 Must-See English Castles
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
8 months ago
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
Overcoming Bias
Decision Selection Bias
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of...
6 days ago
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of its most technical issues, one that @metaproph3t also discussed recently: decision selection bias.
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
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“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
a month ago
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
TheCollector
Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
History Today Feed
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
7 months ago
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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10 months ago
TheCollector
10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
TheCollector
Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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6 months ago
TheCollector
How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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a year ago
Flashbak
John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
3 weeks ago
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
TheCollector
International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Give a Speech
Secrets from Cicero
4 months ago
TheCollector
Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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a year ago
TheCollector
Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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a year ago
TheCollector
Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
a year ago
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
TheCollector
Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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a year ago
TheCollector
Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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a month ago
TheCollector
Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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a year ago
TheCollector
Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
a year ago
They are quite serious, actually.
TheCollector
The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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5 months ago
African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
over a year ago
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
History Today Feed
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
a year ago
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Early Years of Jesus
a year ago
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
TheCollector
Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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8 months ago
Flashbak
26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
3 months ago
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
TheCollector
How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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7 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
Trying to Understand...
No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
a year ago
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
TheCollector
Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
11 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
TheCollector
Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
a year ago
TheCollector
What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
a year ago
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
TheCollector
Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
11 months ago
TheCollector
Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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a month ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
4 weeks ago
But who is prepared to admit it?
Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
11 months ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
TheCollector
The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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a year ago
TheCollector
Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
The Many Roads to Rome
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
6 months ago
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
TheCollector
5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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a year ago
TheCollector
Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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a year ago
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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5 months ago
Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
a month ago
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
TheCollector
Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
Trying to Understand...
What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
a year ago
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
TheCollector
What Were Vincent van Gogh’s Composition Techniques?
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4 days ago
CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
2 weeks ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
TheCollector
Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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11 months ago
Flashbak
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
6 months ago
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
TheCollector
Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
3 months ago
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
a year ago
On cartography as historical argument
TheCollector
What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
5 months ago
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
TheCollector
Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
TheCollector
Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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a year ago
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
Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Words and Worlds: Does Language Shape Our Reality?
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3 days ago
TheCollector
Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Games Nations Play.
But they forget the people and the Street.
7 months ago
But they forget the people and the Street.
Classical Wisdom
Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
a year ago
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
TheCollector
10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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5 months ago
TheCollector
George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
No End Of A Lesson.
If we can only learn it.
3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
a month ago
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
Classical Wisdom
[Video] Roundtable Discussion with Mary Naples
Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
a year ago
Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
Flashbak
Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
5 months ago
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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2 months ago
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