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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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Externalising Our Hatreds.
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It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
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Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
2 months ago
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
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When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
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Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
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Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
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an African portrait of an African society
TheCollector
The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
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Why Do Religions Decline?
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
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And not just the fighting bit.
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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Laurie Anderson’s Mind-Blowing Performance of C. P. Cavafy’s Poems “Waiting for the Barbarians” &...
In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as...
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In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as being “set in ancient Rome.” That’s a reasonable interpretation, given that it contains an emperor, senators, and orators, though Cavafy himself said that none of them are...
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
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This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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A Collection of...
Collections: Coinage and the Tyranny of Fantasy ‘Gold’
This week on the blog I want to take a brief detour into discussing historical coinage, particularly...
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This week on the blog I want to take a brief detour into discussing historical coinage, particularly in the context of modern fantasy and roleplaying settings. In particular, the notions I want to tackle are first how did ancient currency systems work in terms of value (what...
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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History Today Feed
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
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Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
a year ago
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
TheCollector
5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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Flashbak
Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
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We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
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Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
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“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
TheCollector
How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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Flashbak
Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
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Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
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The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
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What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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Jean And Rose – A Paris Photo Love Story From 1929
In 1929, Jean, 20, was living on rue Clairault, Paris. He worked at a brokerage house on rue de la...
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In 1929, Jean, 20, was living on rue Clairault, Paris. He worked at a brokerage house on rue de la Grange Batelière. On December 11, Jean met Rose, 18, at the city’s Saint-Lazare metro station. She lived in the 15th arrondissement, and took classes in hairdressing at the École...
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
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What’s the History of Gin?
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Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
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How was it for the ancient ladies?
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...
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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...
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
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Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
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Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
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Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
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Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
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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.
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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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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...
Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
a year ago
State and society on Africa's largest island.
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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Beneath the Waves...
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
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This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
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The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
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Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
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Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
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plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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The Longest Construction Projects in History: Why Sagrada Família, the Milan Duomo, Greek Temples &...
Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less...
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
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Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
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Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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Plato and Atlantis
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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)
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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...
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
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The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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TheCollector
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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10 months ago
Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
8 months ago
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
TheCollector
TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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a year ago
TheCollector
Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
5 months ago
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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a year ago
TheCollector
The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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11 months ago
African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
7 months ago
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
History Today Feed
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
a year ago
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
TheCollector
The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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2 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Where did the time go?
Important Notice
a month ago
Flashbak
Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
a year ago
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
TheCollector
The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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a year ago
TheCollector
French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
a year ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
Flashbak
Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
6 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
History Today Feed
Columbine 25 Years On
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
8 months ago
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
TheCollector
Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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9 months ago
Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
2 months ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
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...
3 weeks 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...
Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
7 months ago
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
TheCollector
René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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a year ago
Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
9 months ago
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
TheCollector
How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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5 months ago
TheCollector
8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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a year ago
TheCollector
Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
3 weeks ago
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
TheCollector
6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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a month ago
TheCollector
The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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a year ago
TheCollector
Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
9 months ago
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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4 months ago
TheCollector
A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Ben Franklin in Politics: The Founding Father Who Was Never President
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a week ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
5 months ago
Count no man happy until the end is known
Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
Classical Wisdom
Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
a year 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.
TheCollector
6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Does the Electoral College Work?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
11 months ago
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 6
TheCollector
What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
a month ago
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
TheCollector
5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
a month ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
TheCollector
3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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2 months ago
TheCollector
How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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2 months ago
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
7 months ago
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
3 months ago
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
TheCollector
Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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a month ago
Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
a month ago
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
TheCollector
4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
TheCollector
Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
2 weeks ago
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
TheCollector
P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
Classical Wisdom
The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
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
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
a year ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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a month ago
TheCollector
Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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9 months ago
Open Culture
The Complete History of the Music Video: From the 1890s to Today
If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are...
5 days ago
If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are not obviously music videos. The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the first selection of MTV’s inaugural broadcast, must surely count as a music video — but then, it was...
Hidden History
Antarctic Snow Cruiser
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and...
a week 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...
Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
4 months ago
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
TheCollector
Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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a month ago
Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
a month ago
Please help us not to understand.
Open Culture
The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks,...
2 weeks ago
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
TheCollector
How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
2 weeks ago
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
7 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
TheCollector
How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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a year ago
TheCollector
Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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a month ago
TheCollector
The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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6 months ago
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