TheCollector
The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
2 months ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
TheCollector
10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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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
Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
TheCollector
Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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Classical Wisdom
The Pompeii Mosaics
Frozen by Fire
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Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
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Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
2 months ago
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
TheCollector
UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
TheCollector
How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Shared Basic Value Changes
Most of our activities can be seen as nested plans, to achieve nested goals.
4 days ago
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TheCollector
7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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Overcoming Bias
Feels Gone Wrong
The films A Complete Unknown, on Bob Dylan, and In Restless Dreams, on Paul Simon, make vivid to me...
2 weeks ago
The films A Complete Unknown, on Bob Dylan, and In Restless Dreams, on Paul Simon, make vivid to me the huge emotional appeal of becoming a musician like them.
TheCollector
British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
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Factoids From the Ancient World
TheCollector
The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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Weekend Roundup
Roman Empire Podcasts
a year ago
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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Wrong Side of...
Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
TheCollector
Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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Res Obscura
2,000-year-old wine and the uncanny immediacy of the past
Why artifacts like the Carmona Wine Urn, the Pazyryk Rug, and the Sword of Goujian are so important
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TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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TheCollector
Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
a year ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
7 months ago
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The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
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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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
TheCollector
History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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TheCollector
Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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History Today Feed
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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Classical Wisdom
Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
11 months ago
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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Flashbak
Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime ...
11 months ago
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime Richard Klein, Professor of French at Cornell University and editor of Diacritics, quit smoking while writing Cigarettes Are Sublime and has been nicotine-free ever since. So do...
TheCollector
The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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TheCollector
Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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Hidden History
Antarctic Snow Cruiser
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and...
4 weeks ago
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and field work in Antarctica. By 1939 Antarctica remained as one of the last unexplored regions on the planet. Norwegian adventurer Roald Amundsen had been the first human to reach the...
Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
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Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
TheCollector
6 Facts About Ilya Repin You Should Know
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
a year ago
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
TheCollector
The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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TheCollector
Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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CrimethInc.
2024: Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire : The Year in Review
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead....
3 weeks ago
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead. Here, we review the events of 2024 and our own contributions to the fight for a better world.
A year that began amid genocide in Palestine and war in Ukraine and Sudan is concluding...
TheCollector
17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
Flashbak
Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
3 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
History Today Feed
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
Flashbak
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...
8 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...
Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
TheCollector
Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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Classical Wisdom
Women of Ancient Rome
The First Roman Empress and More...
10 months ago
The First Roman Empress and More...
TheCollector
Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
TheCollector
Plastic Surgery as Art? 6 Facts About ORLAN
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Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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TheCollector
Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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TheCollector
World Monuments Fund Lists Moon as Endangered Heritage Site
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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History Today Feed
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
a year ago
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
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TheCollector
Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Maths, Art, and the Moon
9 months ago
Flashbak
Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
a month ago
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
Flashbak
Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
a year ago
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
Flashbak
Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
6 months ago
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
8 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
TheCollector
Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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TheCollector
Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
a year ago
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
TheCollector
The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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Flashbak
Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
a month ago
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
a year ago
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
5 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
Flashbak
Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
a month ago
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
Flashbak
Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
7 months ago
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Anya, Joel and Frida at the End of the World!
3 weeks ago
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Anya, Joel and Frida at the End of the World!
CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
2 months ago
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
TheCollector
10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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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...
6 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
What Makes the City of London Unique?
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What Was Négritude?
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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TheCollector
Were Anglo-Saxon Pagans a Threat to Medieval Christian Society?
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“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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TheCollector
11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
100r.co,...
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
Flashbak
A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
8 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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TheCollector
The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
a year ago
Ancient Philosophy for Children
TheCollector
Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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TheCollector
10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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TheCollector
Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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TheCollector
How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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TheCollector
The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
a month ago
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
Trying to Understand...
Reality Would Like A Word.
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
a year ago
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
TheCollector
How Are Art and Science Related?
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TheCollector
What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
a month ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
Open Culture
What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2025: Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner’s The Sound and...
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films,...
3 weeks ago
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films, musical compositions, sound recordings, works of art, and other pieces of intellectual property. This year happens to be an especially notable one for connoisseurs of Belgian...
Flashbak
Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
5 months ago
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
11 months ago
Why the liberal project will fail
TheCollector
What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
a month ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
TheCollector
Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
5 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
TheCollector
The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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Flashbak
British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
2 months ago
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
TheCollector
Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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TheCollector
Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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TheCollector
Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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TheCollector
What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
a month ago
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
TheCollector
Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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TheCollector
Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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TheCollector
What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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TheCollector
Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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TheCollector
Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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TheCollector
Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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Global Inequality...
Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
TheCollector
Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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Flashbak
Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
4 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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TheCollector
The Colosseum’s Inaugural Games: 100 Days of Spectacles
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Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
TheCollector
Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
a month ago
Please help us not to understand.
History Today Feed
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
TheCollector
Who Was Carl Linnaeus? (Life, Works, & Legacy)
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Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
over a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
TheCollector
How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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Trying to Understand...
The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
a year ago
We can't get there from here, anymore.
TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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TheCollector
Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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What Was the Teapot Dome Scandal?
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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The Battle of Borodino: Napoleon vs. Russia
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Flashbak
Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
4 months ago
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
TheCollector
What Was the Religion of the Ancient Phoenicians and Carthaginians?
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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
History Today Feed
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
TheCollector
Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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TheCollector
How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
a year ago
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
a month ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
Classical Wisdom
Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
Which Playwright did it better?
6 months ago
Which Playwright did it better?
TheCollector
The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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TheCollector
5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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TheCollector
How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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TheCollector
The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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Trying to Understand...
When Ukraine Is Over ...
How will they turn out the lights?
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How will they turn out the lights?
History Today Feed
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
Flashbak
Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
7 months ago
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
TheCollector
What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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TheCollector
Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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TheCollector
What Role Did Women Play in the Scientific Revolution?
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Was Jesus a Radical?
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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Flashbak
Views of Polar Regions: Watercolours By Queen Victoria’s Spy
Illustrator Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (26 December 1776 – 21 September 1859) was an...
3 weeks ago
Illustrator Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (26 December 1776 – 21 September 1859) was an English artist, naturalist, antiquary, illustrator, natural historian, soldier, explorer, writer and spy. That’s quite the package for a man who produced these drawings and...
TheCollector
The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
TheCollector
Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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TheCollector
Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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TheCollector
Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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History Today Feed
Death of a Turkey Legend
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
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Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
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TheCollector
Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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Open Culture
Explore the Newly-Launched Public Domain Image Archive with 10,000+ Free Historical Images
We’ve often featured the work of the Public Domain Review here on Open Culture, and also various...
a week ago
We’ve often featured the work of the Public Domain Review here on Open Culture, and also various searchable copyright-free image databases that have arisen over the years. It makes sense that those two worlds would collide, and now they’ve done so in the form of the just-launched...
TheCollector
Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
TheCollector
New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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TheCollector
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
a year ago
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
To Tip or Not To Tip: A Victorian Traveller’s Perspective
Like it or not, tipping is a big part of hospitality and the service industry. Debates about how...
2 weeks ago
Like it or not, tipping is a big part of hospitality and the service industry. Debates about how much/whether to tip rumble on, but they are not new. Even in the 18th and 19th centuries, travellers were complaining about the amount of unwanted or unexpected extras they had to pay...
TheCollector
Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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TheCollector
What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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Classical Wisdom
Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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TheCollector
Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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TheCollector
Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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TheCollector
5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
Trying to Understand...
Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
over a year ago
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
TheCollector
Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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Flashbak
Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
3 months ago
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
TheCollector
Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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TheCollector
Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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TheCollector
Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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TheCollector
Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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History Today Feed
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/23/2024 - 10:26
a month ago
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/23/2024 - 10:26
TheCollector
Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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TheCollector
What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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TheCollector
Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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TheCollector
Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
8 months ago
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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TheCollector
What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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TheCollector
Russian Revolutionary: Who Was Leon Trotsky?
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TheCollector
London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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TheCollector
10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Sword Is Mightier...
...than the pen. In Ukraine anyway.
2 hours ago
...than the pen. In Ukraine anyway.
TheCollector
Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
4 months ago
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
a year ago
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
TheCollector
Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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11 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),...
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...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
7 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
TheCollector
Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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TheCollector
Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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TheCollector
What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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TheCollector
New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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TheCollector
How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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a year ago
Flashbak
One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
7 months ago
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
a year ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
TheCollector
From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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2 months ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
2 months ago
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
TheCollector
10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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10 months ago
TheCollector
A History of the US House of Representatives
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a year ago
African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
a year ago
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
TheCollector
What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Animals of the Ancient World
7 months ago
Animals of the Ancient World
TheCollector
British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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7 months ago
TheCollector
French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
2 months ago
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
TheCollector
What Is Populism?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
a year ago
...and the feared Persian Army
TheCollector
Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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a year ago
TheCollector
Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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a year ago
Flashbak
New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
a year ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
History Today Feed
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
8 months ago
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
TheCollector
What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
10 months ago
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
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...
2 weeks ago
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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