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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
10 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
TheCollector
9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by...
2 months ago
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
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Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
TheCollector
Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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Classical Wisdom
Early Bird is Ending
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
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Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“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‘...
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Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
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“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
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Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
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A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
4 months ago
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
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State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
TheCollector
Who Was Eusebius?
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
6 months ago
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
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Monsters and Myths
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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What Is Conceptual Photography?
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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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...
7 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
American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
8 months ago
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
a year ago
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
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Typhoons and mold
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over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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Classical Wisdom
Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
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Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
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a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
10 months ago
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
The decline and fall of the print media.
10 months ago
The decline and fall of the print media.
TheCollector
What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
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Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
TheCollector
What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
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Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
What Is the Gettier Problem?
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
TheCollector
Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
TheCollector
Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
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In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
TheCollector
How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
History Today Feed
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
7 months ago
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
5 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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Mon, 10/28/2024 -...
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Mon, 10/28/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
2 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
11 months ago
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
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A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
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4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French...
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Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
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Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
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Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
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 Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
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We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
Patterns in Humanity
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
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The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
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Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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What Is Populism?
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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African History...
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It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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A Collection of...
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Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
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over a year ago
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
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How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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When few do great harm
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Power laws in criminal behavior
TheCollector
British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
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The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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