TheCollector
6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
7 months ago
Should you meet your heroes?
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
Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
9 months ago
Again. In a manner of speaking.
TheCollector
Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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a month ago
Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
2 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
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...
10 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
The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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12 months ago
TheCollector
What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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a month ago
TheCollector
Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
3 months ago
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
TheCollector
5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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2 months ago
TheCollector
How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
3 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
TheCollector
Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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a year ago
TheCollector
Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
2 weeks ago
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Who Was Walt Whitman?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
a year ago
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
TheCollector
10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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a year ago
A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
a month ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
TheCollector
How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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7 months ago
TheCollector
TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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a year ago
TheCollector
The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
a year ago
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
7 months ago
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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
5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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9 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...
a month 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 Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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5 months ago
TheCollector
A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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a year ago
TheCollector
A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
8 months ago
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
Trying to Understand...
Little People With Agency.
No, not that Agency.
3 months ago
TheCollector
Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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9 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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2 months ago
Flashbak
The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
3 months ago
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
TheCollector
Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
6 months ago
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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3 months ago
African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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a year ago
TheCollector
Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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a week ago
TheCollector
Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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4 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
TheCollector
Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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4 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
3 months ago
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
Classical Wisdom
Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
10 months ago
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
3 days ago
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
Classical Wisdom
Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
11 months ago
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
TheCollector
What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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4 months ago
TheCollector
New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
5 months ago
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
TheCollector
What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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TheCollector
Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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a month ago
TheCollector
The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
2 months ago
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
TheCollector
How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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a year ago
TheCollector
3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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TheCollector
6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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2 months ago
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
Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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a year ago
TheCollector
Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
TheCollector
What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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a year ago
Flashbak
A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
a month ago
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
TheCollector
5 Female Heroes of World War II
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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8 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
TheCollector
The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
TheCollector
What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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TheCollector
10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
TheCollector
How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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TheCollector
What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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TheCollector
How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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2 weeks 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...
TheCollector
3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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TheCollector
What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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TheCollector
When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
8 months ago
Flashbak
Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
4 months ago
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Secrets of Crete
a year ago
TheCollector
Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
11 months ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
TheCollector
5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
TheCollector
8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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TheCollector
The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
7 months ago
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
TheCollector
The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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TheCollector
Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Putting Mothers on Death Row
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
4 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
TheCollector
The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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TheCollector
What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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TheCollector
Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 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 August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
TheCollector
Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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TheCollector
10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
9 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
TheCollector
What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
Flashbak
Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
11 months ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
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.
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Stress
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
7 months ago
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
TheCollector
Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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TheCollector
The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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TheCollector
The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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TheCollector
Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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Secret of the Stoics
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
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Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
Flashbak
Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
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“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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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...
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
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One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
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Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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A (Brief) History of the IRA
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
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An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
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Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
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Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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5 Military Geniuses From History
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
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Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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Empress Theodora
Saint or Sinner?
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A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
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Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
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A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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Does Free Will Exist?
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
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As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
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Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
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The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
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Banned Book Week Begins...
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the...
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For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
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Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
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Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
11 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
Classical Wisdom
No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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When Was D-Day?
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Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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