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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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Service to what nation?
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
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The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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Socrates and the Soul
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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The Wrong Stuff
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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What is Virtue?
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a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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TheCollector
Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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a year ago
African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
a month ago
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
TheCollector
Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
6 months ago
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
TheCollector
The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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TheCollector
Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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a year ago
TheCollector
A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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TheCollector
Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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TheCollector
Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ode to a Grecian Tour
Seats Still Available
3 days ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classics Gifts!
3 weeks ago
Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
5 months ago
It was all too difficult, finally.
TheCollector
What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
5 months ago
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
TheCollector
How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
5 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
a year ago
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
TheCollector
Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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a month ago
TheCollector
4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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3 weeks ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
TheCollector
5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
8 months ago
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
TheCollector
Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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7 months ago
TheCollector
9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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7 months ago
African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
6 months ago
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
TheCollector
Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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a month ago
History Today Feed
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
6 months ago
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...
a month ago
“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 …...
TheCollector
England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
a year ago
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
TheCollector
The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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a month ago
Flashbak
Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
5 months ago
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
TheCollector
What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Tertullian?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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2 weeks ago
African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
10 months ago
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
Classical Wisdom
Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
a month ago
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
TheCollector
Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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a year ago
TheCollector
England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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a year ago
TheCollector
Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
8 months ago
TheCollector
The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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a week ago
Flashbak
New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
5 months ago
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
4 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
TheCollector
6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
a year ago
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
TheCollector
Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
a week ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
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
Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Changing Seasons
3 months ago
History Today Feed
Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
7 months ago
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
8 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
TheCollector
Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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6 months ago
African History...
The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 8
TheCollector
The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Stock Car Racing in 1972
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
a month ago
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
TheCollector
10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays
From Anya, Joel and Frida
12 months ago
From Anya, Joel and Frida
Flashbak
Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
5 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
TheCollector
8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
a year ago
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
TheCollector
The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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9 months ago
Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Anxiety
10 months ago
History Today Feed
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
a year ago
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
3 months ago
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
TheCollector
How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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a week ago
Flashbak
SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
4 months ago
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
TheCollector
What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
TheCollector
8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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7 months ago
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