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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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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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Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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Kikkuli!
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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What's Left ... And What's Left?
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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Hey everyone!
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That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
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St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
7 months ago
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
TheCollector
Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
11 months ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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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
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
a year ago
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
TheCollector
Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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Flashbak
Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
2 months ago
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
a year ago
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
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6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
11 months ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
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...
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Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
TheCollector
Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
TheCollector
‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
7 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Classical Wisdom
A Few Spots Left
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
a month ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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History Today Feed
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
4 months ago
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
History Today Feed
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
History Today Feed
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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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
Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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Flashbak
The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
8 months ago
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
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Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
History Today Feed
The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
11 months ago
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
TheCollector
What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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Who Was Eusebius?
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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Classical Wisdom
Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
TheCollector
Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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History Today Feed
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
TheCollector
Did Jesus Live in India?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
a year ago
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
9 months ago
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
TheCollector
What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
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Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
4 months ago
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
Trying to Understand...
The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
a year ago
We can't get there from here, anymore.
TheCollector
5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
History Today Feed
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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4 months ago
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