TheCollector
Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
6 months ago
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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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...
4 months ago
“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
Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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Aristotle's Politics
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TheCollector
Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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Open Culture
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...
43 minutes ago
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...
History Today Feed
How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
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How Iran Won the West
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Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
Classical Wisdom
5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
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Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
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3 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
a year ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
TheCollector
Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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TheCollector
New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
10 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
Flashbak
Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might...
8 months ago
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might have heard that Ernest Hemingway wrote a six-word short story in response to a $10 bet that so few words could make the reader cry. Hemingway won with: “For sale: Baby shoes. Never...
Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
7 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
TheCollector
How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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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
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
a month ago
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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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...
TheCollector
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
a month ago
Europe turns away from America.
TheCollector
Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
TheCollector
Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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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...
2 months 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
Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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Flashbak
Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
4 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
History Today Feed
Death of a Turkey Legend
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Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
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Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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History Today Feed
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
11 months ago
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
History Today Feed
Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
TheCollector
The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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Flashbak
16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
2 months ago
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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History Today Feed
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
11 months ago
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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TheCollector
The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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TheCollector
444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
3 weeks ago
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
TheCollector
Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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TheCollector
Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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TheCollector
3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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TheCollector
Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
11 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
Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
4 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
TheCollector
Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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History Today Feed
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
12 months ago
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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TheCollector
Who Was Eusebius?
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TheCollector
Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
11 months ago
TheCollector
6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Caspar Hauser
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
Trying to Understand...
No End Of A Lesson.
If we can only learn it.
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Stress
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
8 months ago
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
Global Inequality...
Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
TheCollector
The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
2 weeks ago
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
Flashbak
The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
TheCollector
How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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Flashbak
The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
7 months ago
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
TheCollector
Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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Trying to Understand...
No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
a year ago
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
TheCollector
Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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TheCollector
Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
11 months ago
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
4 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
TheCollector
10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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TheCollector
Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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TheCollector
9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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Flashbak
The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
3 months ago
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
4 months ago
TheCollector
NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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a year ago
TheCollector
An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
Flashbak
The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
4 months ago
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
TheCollector
The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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a year 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?
Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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TheCollector
Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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TheCollector
Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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TheCollector
What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
3 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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TheCollector
7 Depictions of War by Famous Artists Everyone Should Know
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TheCollector
New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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TheCollector
Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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TheCollector
Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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a year ago
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
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
TheCollector
10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Putting Mothers on Death Row
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
a year ago
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
TheCollector
4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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TheCollector
The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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Flashbak
A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
3 weeks ago
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
TheCollector
The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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TheCollector
What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
4 months ago
Golden Age of Latin Literature
Classical Wisdom
What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
a month ago
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
Flashbak
Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
9 months ago
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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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
2 weeks ago
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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Flashbak
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
6 months ago
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
TheCollector
How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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TheCollector
The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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TheCollector
Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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TheCollector
What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
8 months ago
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
TheCollector
Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
6 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
TheCollector
Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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TheCollector
Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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TheCollector
What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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TheCollector
Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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