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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
4 days ago
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
Trying to Understand...
A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
What's it going to be, then?
a year ago
What's it going to be, then?
TheCollector
How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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TheCollector
The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
a year ago
The Life and Work of Pheidias
TheCollector
King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
TheCollector
Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
Flashbak
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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1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
TheCollector
Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
St. Nick and Saturnalia
4 hours ago
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
8 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
a year ago
Power laws in criminal behavior
A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
5 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
TheCollector
Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
a week ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
TheCollector
10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
5 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
8 months ago
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
TheCollector
10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Classical Wisdom
Quick Notification
In Search of Homer
2 months ago
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Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
2 months ago
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
TheCollector
10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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When Was the First Flight in History?
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Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
a year ago
TheCollector
Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
9 months ago
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
2 months ago
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
8 months ago
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
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Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
9 months ago
TheCollector
Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
8 months ago
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
TheCollector
The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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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
What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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TheCollector
The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
TheCollector
French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
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What Was the Chaco War?
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
TheCollector
Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
11 months ago
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
TheCollector
How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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History Today Feed
How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
11 months ago
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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TheCollector
American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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TheCollector
New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
9 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
TheCollector
Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
TheCollector
Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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TheCollector
Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
a year ago
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
TheCollector
Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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History Today Feed
Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
7 months ago
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
TheCollector
10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
a month ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
TheCollector
How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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Classical Wisdom
Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
10 months ago
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
2 months ago
The Silence of the Elephants
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Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
a year ago
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
TheCollector
Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
TheCollector
What Is the Ides of March?
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
a month ago
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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Classical Wisdom
Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
Wunderland Rabbits,...
TheCollector
6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Anxiety
10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
TheCollector
What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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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,...
TheCollector
The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
7 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
TheCollector
How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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A Collection of...
Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
3 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
TheCollector
Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
TheCollector
5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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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
5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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CrimethInc.
How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
a month ago
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a hurricane has just torn through the state,...
TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
8 months ago
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
10 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
TheCollector
What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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TheCollector
7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
TheCollector
Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
TheCollector
What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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Classical Wisdom
Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
a year ago
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
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