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In Defence of Boring Books
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The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
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A Collection of...
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Summary Of Changes
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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Classical Wisdom
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The Angolan Civil War: 26 Years of Fighting
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Dr Alun Withey
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History Today Feed
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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History Today Feed
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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TheCollector
Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
5 months ago
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Patterns in Humanity
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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African History...
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Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
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TheCollector
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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TheCollector
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Stock vs flow approach.
9 months ago
Flashbak
High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
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In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
African History...
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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Classical Wisdom
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TheCollector
Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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History Today Feed
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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TheCollector
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History Today Feed
Brushing for Britain
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TheCollector
Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
TheCollector
The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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History Today Feed
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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TheCollector
Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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Classical Wisdom
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
a year ago
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
TheCollector
What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
Patterns in Humanity
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7 months ago
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TheCollector
The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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TheCollector
Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
3 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
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TheCollector
J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
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TheCollector
Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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TheCollector
Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
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TheCollector
Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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TheCollector
10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
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Classical Wisdom
History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
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A Different View of Thucydides
Flashbak
Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
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It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
TheCollector
Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 days 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, updated the documentation for our various projects.
Left, added support for unicode input(Mastodon).
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Air to Ground...
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
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Weekend Roundup
The Life of Plato
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What Was the First Triumvirate?
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
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The Original Femme Fatales?
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
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Flashbak
The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
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Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
Classical Wisdom
Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
TheCollector
What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
TheCollector
The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
a year ago
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
TheCollector
Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
2 months ago
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.
TheCollector
How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
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The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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The Historically Accurate Greek Armors of Dimitrios Katsikis (Interview)
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Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
Flashbak
Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
a year ago
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
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The First Biographers
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
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...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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Open Culture
Famous Architects Dress as Their Famous New York City Buildings (1931)
On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York...
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On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York City. According to an advertisement for the event, anyone who paid $15 per ticket (big money during the Depression) could see a “hilarious modern art exhibition” and things...
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
8 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
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Flashbak
Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
9 months ago
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Canada?
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
3 weeks ago
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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Flashbak
Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
a year ago
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
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
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
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
a month ago
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
TheCollector
England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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Russian Revolutionary: Who Was Leon Trotsky?
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Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
St. Nick and Saturnalia
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
2 months ago
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
11 months ago
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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What Does the New Testament Say About Hell?
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
Flashbak
A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
10 months ago
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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What Was Jim Crow?
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Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
3 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
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Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
a month ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
7 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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Classical Wisdom
What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
4 months ago
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
History Today Feed
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
A Collection of...
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)...
a year ago
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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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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11 months ago
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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