Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
2 weeks ago
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
TheCollector
Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
undefined
3 weeks ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
undefined
6 months ago
Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
Trying to Understand...
How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
TheCollector
What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
10 months ago
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
TheCollector
What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
undefined
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
3 months ago
TheCollector
Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
undefined
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
10 months ago
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Epics Collection
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Second Thessalonians About?
undefined
a month ago
Flashbak
Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
a year ago
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
undefined
4 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
TheCollector
Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
undefined
5 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
TheCollector
Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
undefined
7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
TheCollector
Who Were the Samaritans?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
undefined
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Beyond Stoicism
New Event: January 7th, 2025
6 days ago
New Event: January 7th, 2025
TheCollector
Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
undefined
4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
3 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
TheCollector
Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the 43 Group?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
undefined
5 months ago
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
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
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....
a week ago
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...
History Today Feed
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
History Today Feed
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
11 months ago
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
TheCollector
What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
undefined
3 weeks ago
Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
6 days ago
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
undefined
a year ago
Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
a month ago
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
TheCollector
Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
What Were The Pentagon Papers?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
undefined
10 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
6 months ago
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
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.
TheCollector
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
undefined
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle's Politics
3 months ago
TheCollector
Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
What Makes a Conflict a World War?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
undefined
4 months ago
Flashbak
Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
TheCollector
4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Wright Brothers?
undefined
9 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
TheCollector
Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
7 months ago
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
TheCollector
The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
undefined
7 months ago
Flashbak
Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
5 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...
TheCollector
Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
undefined
7 months ago
History Today Feed
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
a year ago
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
TheCollector
Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
undefined
4 months 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...
12 months 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...
Classical Wisdom
LIVE Event: What is Plagiarism?
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
11 months ago
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
TheCollector
Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
But right back where we started from.
TheCollector
Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
undefined
9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
7 months ago
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
a week ago
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
TheCollector
Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
undefined
a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
a year ago
Art of the Hellenistic Period
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
TheCollector
How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
undefined
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
5 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
TheCollector
17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
undefined
2 months ago
Flashbak
Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
4 months ago
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
TheCollector
7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
undefined
4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
TheCollector
The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
10 months ago
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
TheCollector
3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
undefined
2 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
TheCollector
Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
undefined
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Early Christianity
12 months ago
TheCollector
Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
undefined
4 months ago
African History...
The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 8
TheCollector
Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
undefined
4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
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...
TheCollector
10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
undefined
12 months ago
TheCollector
Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
undefined
a year ago
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...
2 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.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
Flashbak
Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
6 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
10 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
TheCollector
Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
a year ago
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
undefined
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
a month ago
TheCollector
Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
undefined
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
TheCollector
Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Who Is Ai Weiwei?
undefined
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Lost and Found
a year ago
TheCollector
British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
undefined
3 months ago
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?
TheCollector
Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
undefined
a month ago
Flashbak
The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
3 weeks ago
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...
TheCollector
Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
undefined
11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
a month ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
Trying to Understand...
Reality Would Like A Word.
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
a year ago
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
Flashbak
London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
2 months ago
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
TheCollector
What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
undefined
10 months ago
Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
10 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
TheCollector
Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
undefined
a year 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
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
Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
TheCollector
What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
10 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
TheCollector
The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
undefined
3 days ago
TheCollector
How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
undefined
5 days ago
Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
a week ago
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...
TheCollector
What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
undefined
a month ago
Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
TheCollector
Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
undefined
6 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...
8 months ago
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...
Flashbak
Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
10 months ago
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
TheCollector
What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
undefined
2 days ago
TheCollector
Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
undefined
a month ago
Flashbak
Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
5 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
TheCollector
How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
undefined
9 months ago
African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
9 months ago
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
History Today Feed
How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
9 months ago
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
TheCollector
What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
undefined
2 months ago
History Today Feed
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
a month ago
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
TheCollector
6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
11 months ago
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
Flashbak
Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” –...
a month ago
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” – Frank Stewart Frank Stewart (born 1949) was 14 when he took his trained his Kodak Brownie on the March on Washington for Jobs in Freedom, otherwise known as the Great March in...
TheCollector
Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
undefined
7 months ago
History Today Feed
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
7 months ago
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
undefined
2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
7 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
TheCollector
Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
undefined
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
A Few Spots Left
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
a month ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
TheCollector
3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
undefined
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classics Gifts!
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
undefined
4 months ago
Flashbak
At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
6 months ago
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
TheCollector
Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
undefined
4 months ago
African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
11 months ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
TheCollector
Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time
undefined
6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
TheCollector
The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
undefined
7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
TheCollector
10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
undefined
a month ago
Flashbak
Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
7 months ago
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
TheCollector
Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
undefined
3 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
TheCollector
Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
undefined
2 months ago
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....
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...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
8 months ago
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
TheCollector
The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
undefined
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Great Flood
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
10 months ago
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
TheCollector
Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
undefined
3 weeks ago
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
TheCollector
The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
undefined
a week ago
History Today Feed
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
6 months ago
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
History Today Feed
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
4 days ago
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
a year ago
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
TheCollector
Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
undefined
11 months ago
Flashbak
Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays
From Anya, Joel and Frida
12 months ago
From Anya, Joel and Frida
TheCollector
How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
undefined
a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
2 months ago
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
3 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
undefined
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
undefined
9 months ago
History Today Feed
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
undefined
6 months ago
Full Width 
Shortcuts 
Sign Up 
Log In 
Articles 
Reading List 