TheCollector
10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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Flashbak
Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
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“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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Classical Wisdom
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The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
History Today Feed
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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TheCollector
Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
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A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
TheCollector
Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
TheCollector
What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
TheCollector
Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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TheCollector
Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
5 months ago
TheCollector
The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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Flashbak
Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
7 months ago
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
TheCollector
Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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TheCollector
Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
a year ago
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
TheCollector
The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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TheCollector
Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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5 months 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?
TheCollector
What Is First Thessalonians About?
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a month ago
Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
8 months ago
History Today Feed
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
9 months ago
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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TheCollector
7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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TheCollector
George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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TheCollector
Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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TheCollector
Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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12 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
History and Myth
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
11 months ago
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
TheCollector
Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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11 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories)
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
a month ago
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
TheCollector
Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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TheCollector
Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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TheCollector
What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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10 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
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
a month ago
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
TheCollector
Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
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How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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TheCollector
How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
11 months ago
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
7 months ago
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
Flashbak
British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
7 months ago
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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TheCollector
Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
a year ago
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
TheCollector
Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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10 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
TheCollector
The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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6 months ago
TheCollector
New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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8 months ago
Flashbak
The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
a year ago
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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TheCollector
Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
9 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
TheCollector
Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
Flashbak
Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
TheCollector
Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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TheCollector
Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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6 months ago
African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
a year ago
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
TheCollector
Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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TheCollector
The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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TheCollector
Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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9 months ago
TheCollector
An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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8 months ago
TheCollector
$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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Flashbak
Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
6 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
TheCollector
What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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Flashbak
Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
3 weeks ago
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
TheCollector
Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
2 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
TheCollector
Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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TheCollector
Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
TheCollector
The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
TheCollector
Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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TheCollector
Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
TheCollector
The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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TheCollector
10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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Flashbak
Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
10 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
TheCollector
Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
2 weeks ago
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
TheCollector
Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
Flashbak
It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
6 months ago
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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History Today Feed
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
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Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
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JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
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Welcoming the stranger
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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The Epics Collection
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The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
7 months ago
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
TheCollector
The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
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The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
TheCollector
What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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What Is Nestorianism?
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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History Today Feed
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
7 months ago
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
TheCollector
Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
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Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
5 days ago
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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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...
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
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My interview with "Atlantico"
Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
10 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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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,...
5 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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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
11 months ago
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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What Is Voguing?
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
10 months ago
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
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Golden Age of Latin Literature
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
2 weeks ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
4 months ago
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
a year ago
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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The Essential Greeks
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6 months ago
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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Weekend Roundup
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
5 months ago
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’...
3 months ago
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
Flashbak
Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
a year ago
But some things are more connected than others.
Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
4 months ago
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
Classical Wisdom
Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
10 months ago
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
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10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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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...
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
9 months ago
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The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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Secrets of the Sibyls
Ancient Prophetesses
a year ago
Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
7 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
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How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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What Is Populism?
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
3 weeks ago
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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