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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
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What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
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Hundred Rabbits
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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What Is an Antipope?
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Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
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I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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Who’s in the Tomb?
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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Aristotle on Luck
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To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
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Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
5 months ago
TheCollector
Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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Trying to Understand...
Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
a year ago
Winning the day and losing the war.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Tolkien and Plato
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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10 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
TheCollector
What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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4 months ago
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What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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a month ago
Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
TheCollector
Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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4 months ago
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Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
a year ago
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
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
Flashbak
Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French...
a month ago
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
TheCollector
Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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3 weeks ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
4 months ago
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
Flashbak
Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
8 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
TheCollector
How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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TheCollector
How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
TheCollector
Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
7 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
9 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
TheCollector
The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
10 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
TheCollector
10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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7 months ago
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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a year ago
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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6 months ago
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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a year ago
TheCollector
Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
TheCollector
John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
11 months ago
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
TheCollector
4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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a year ago
Flashbak
Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
11 months ago
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
Flashbak
Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
8 months ago
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
Flashbak
Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the...
a month ago
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
Flashbak
Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
5 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
TheCollector
Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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TheCollector
Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
TheCollector
Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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TheCollector
Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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a year ago
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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10 months ago
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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3 months ago
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...
4 months ago
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...
TheCollector
8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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7 months ago
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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6 months ago
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...
TheCollector
10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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a year ago
Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
a year ago
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
History Today Feed
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
Classical Wisdom
Sappho
Fragments of Poetry
a week ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
TheCollector
Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
4 months ago
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
TheCollector
The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
a year ago
TheCollector
Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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5 months ago
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
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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a year ago
Flashbak
AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
11 months ago
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
TheCollector
Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love and Death
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
11 months ago
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
TheCollector
What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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8 months ago
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What Was the First Triumvirate?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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5 months ago
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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a month ago
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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4 months ago
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