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TheCollector
How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures? undefined
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TheCollector
What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”? undefined
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town? undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise undefined
7 months ago
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...
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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
J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family undefined
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TheCollector
The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know undefined
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Flashbak
48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981 In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
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In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
History Today Feed
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review ‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review JamesHoare Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature? undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Psalms? undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments undefined
4 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
10 months ago
TheCollector
7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93 undefined
5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932) An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.  Borrowing from a book-seller...
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An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.  Borrowing from a book-seller description: Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Love, love, love
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future? Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
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Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released! In their own...
Flashbak
1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
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British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
TheCollector
10 Baroque Artists You Should Know undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks undefined
5 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
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This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
TheCollector
Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Essential Classics Memorial Sales Ends
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History Today Feed
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review ‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review JamesHoare Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
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The Death of a Mnemonist The Death of a Mnemonist JamesHoare Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy Ursa Major
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting? undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent undefined
7 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
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I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies? And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity? undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Most Hated Famous Artists undefined
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland? Laconic wit through the centuries
a year ago
TheCollector
Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists undefined
10 months ago
Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures “Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
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“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
TheCollector
History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard? undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature? undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis undefined
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Dido: Queen of Carthage Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
a year ago
TheCollector
King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King undefined
10 months ago
Flashbak
My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning “Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
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“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera     Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
History Today Feed
The Great Fire of Smyrna The Great Fire of Smyrna JamesHoare Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
TheCollector
The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro undefined
a week ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Secret of the Stoics
3 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War undefined
8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes." Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
TheCollector
Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They? undefined
10 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
TheCollector
King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance? undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Last Chance!
a year ago
TheCollector
Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant? undefined
8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976) Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
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a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic. Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
TheCollector
Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh? undefined
9 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
6 days ago
weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps! Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery undefined
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked? Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder undefined
2 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
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over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist undefined
11 months ago
Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia My interview with "Atlantico"
2 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions Advice from the Ancients
11 months ago
TheCollector
Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
How Does the Electoral College Work? undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist undefined
a year ago
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen? undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes undefined
7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
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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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Donsol, designed a donsol turnip. Uxn, wrote a file browser...
TheCollector
The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears undefined
a year ago
Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to... We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
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We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
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,”...
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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....
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...
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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.”
TheCollector
6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games undefined
a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
TheCollector
Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together? undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Rhodesian Bush War? undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of undefined
7 months ago
History Today Feed
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women JamesHoare Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
7 months ago
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death j.hoare Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit undefined
a week ago
African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911. state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
History Today Feed
The Birth of Ovid The Birth of Ovid JamesHoare Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life undefined
4 months 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
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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
Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi? undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties undefined
a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954) A re-run-- Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
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a year ago
A re-run-- Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024 Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
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Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
TheCollector
Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick? undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview undefined
a month 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
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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,...
Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months 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),...
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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...
History Today Feed
The Lost Years of Jesus The Lost Years of Jesus j.hoare Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
a year ago
TheCollector
Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel undefined
3 months ago
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic JamesHoare Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
TheCollector
Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look? undefined
11 months ago
Flashbak
East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914 Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
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Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
TheCollector
The Federalist Papers: History & Summary undefined
2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
History Today Feed
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View Keeping Blinded Veterans in View JamesHoare Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
9 months ago
TheCollector
Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Django Reinhardt? undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico undefined
a month ago
History Today Feed
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj JamesHoare Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
a month ago
TheCollector
How Did Romania Become a Country? undefined
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TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution undefined
12 months ago
Flashbak
A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
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It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
TheCollector
Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man? undefined
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup The Art of the Interesting
4 weeks ago
Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work? The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Hipster Culture? undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum undefined
10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops. And fiddling won't fix it.
3 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
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9 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
TheCollector
What Is the Didache? undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History undefined
6 months ago
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World? undefined
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TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the New Testament? undefined
6 days ago
TheCollector
Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs? undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s undefined
7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
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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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
TheCollector
What Was the Kido Butai? undefined
11 months ago
Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
TheCollector
Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov undefined
2 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Your favourite half-British president We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
a month ago
TheCollector
Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created? undefined
8 months ago
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When Did Operation Husky Take Place? undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About undefined
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws? And what happens when we don’t?
a year ago
TheCollector
Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson? undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of undefined
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important? undefined
a year ago
African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927. Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
a year ago
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life undefined
7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
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We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics Valentine's Gifts
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The "New" Ancient City Discovering Kavala...
7 months ago
TheCollector
Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous? undefined
6 months ago
Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor? Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
10 months ago
TheCollector
George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
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Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
TheCollector
The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification? undefined
6 days ago
Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
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The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
TheCollector
Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review ‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review JamesHoare Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
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TheCollector
10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor undefined
7 months ago
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John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today undefined
9 months ago
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800 undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs undefined
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like? undefined
11 months ago
History Today Feed
Arguing with the Dead Arguing with the Dead JamesHoare Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
10 months ago
TheCollector
Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship undefined
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Patterns in Humanity
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First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
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The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants.     Via University...
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One, Two (1965) The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
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The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do. DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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projects and pain We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
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We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc. 'If we can't...
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Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
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This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
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Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
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Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
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The Hero's Ride (1963) This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963.  It is mostly an...
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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...
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The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s  series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
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Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween. Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
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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...
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American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
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We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968 The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
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The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding.     These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
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Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…) These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
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These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
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Summary of changes for April 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Patterns in Humanity
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Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
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“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible   The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
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A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
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