TheCollector
Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
3 weeks ago
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
TheCollector
Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
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But is there anything there?
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Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
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Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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Classical Wisdom
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History and Myth
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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Classical Wisdom
Forgotten Gods
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Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
TheCollector
What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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History Today Feed
The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
The Great Fire of Smyrna
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Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
Flashbak
François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François...
3 weeks ago
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François Brunery (1849 – 1926), and used as the basis for his work as a painter of so-called “Cardinal Paintings”. His work depicting cardinals of the Catholic church in comical or embarrassing...
TheCollector
What Is an Existential Crisis?
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
2 months ago
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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
The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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Flashbak
New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
12 months ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
TheCollector
A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
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TheCollector
The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
a year ago
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
TheCollector
Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights
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History Today Feed
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
What Makes the City of London Unique?
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Classical Wisdom
Upcoming Events
So you're in the know...
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
8 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
TheCollector
Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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TheCollector
7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
What Is Thatcherism?
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TheCollector
Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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TheCollector
German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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TheCollector
Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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TheCollector
What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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TheCollector
The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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TheCollector
Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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TheCollector
John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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TheCollector
Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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TheCollector
7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
TheCollector
Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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TheCollector
Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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History Today Feed
The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
a week ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
Flashbak
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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“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
TheCollector
Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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TheCollector
What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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TheCollector
The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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Flashbak
Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
a month ago
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
Flashbak
Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
6 months ago
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
TheCollector
Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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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.
CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
3 days ago
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
TheCollector
What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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TheCollector
How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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TheCollector
What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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TheCollector
Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
TheCollector
What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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TheCollector
Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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TheCollector
Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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10 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
Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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Classical Wisdom
Less than ONE Week Left
In Search of Homer Trip Opening
2 months ago
In Search of Homer Trip Opening
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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TheCollector
Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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TheCollector
10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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TheCollector
British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
TheCollector
The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
Flashbak
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...
TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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TheCollector
What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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TheCollector
Why Are There Two Virginias?
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TheCollector
Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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TheCollector
Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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TheCollector
Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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TheCollector
Cotton & How It Changed the World
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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.
Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
10 months ago
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
TheCollector
HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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TheCollector
5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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Flashbak
Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
7 months ago
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
TheCollector
How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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TheCollector
Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
6 months ago
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
Trying to Understand...
They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
a year ago
Art of the Hellenistic Period
TheCollector
What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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6 days ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at...
3 months ago
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
TheCollector
How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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TheCollector
A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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a year ago
TheCollector
Does Free Will Exist?
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TheCollector
8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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TheCollector
Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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TheCollector
“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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11 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
2 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
TheCollector
Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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TheCollector
The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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TheCollector
Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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TheCollector
What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
4 months ago
TheCollector
Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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TheCollector
Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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TheCollector
The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Classical Wisdom
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The Nature of Love
a year ago
TheCollector
Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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a year ago
TheCollector
11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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a year ago
CrimethInc.
How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
a month ago
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a hurricane has just torn through the state,...
TheCollector
Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
a year ago
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
TheCollector
Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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2 months ago
African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
Classical Wisdom
Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
a year ago
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
a month ago
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
TheCollector
7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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TheCollector
Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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TheCollector
Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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a year ago
TheCollector
The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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TheCollector
4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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Flashbak
Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
10 months ago
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
TheCollector
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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TheCollector
Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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TheCollector
Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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TheCollector
A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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11 months ago
TheCollector
6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
a week ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
TheCollector
10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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3 months ago
Flashbak
See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
5 months ago
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
TheCollector
The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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TheCollector
Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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TheCollector
10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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TheCollector
Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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TheCollector
Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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TheCollector
The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
a month ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
TheCollector
Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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TheCollector
Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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TheCollector
How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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TheCollector
Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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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...
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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What Is Gnosticism?
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Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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Weekend Roundup
St. Nick and Saturnalia
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African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
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Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
6 months ago
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
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Laconic wit through the centuries
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
8 months ago
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
4 months ago
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
11 months ago
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
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A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
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3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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Weekend Roundup
Last Chance!
a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
12 months ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
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Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
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How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
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How to Revive Wassailing
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Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
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Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
4 weeks ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the...
11 months ago
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the Hellenistic army and its Macedonian phalanx and the Romans with their legions. Last week, we looked at the weapons, organization and fighting style of the Macedonian phalanx, the infantry...
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
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Weekend Roundup
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
a year ago
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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Sappho
Fragments of Poetry
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
11 months ago
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
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Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
a year ago
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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