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Weekend Roundup
Classics Gifts!
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Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
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The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
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I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
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a complete history of an African monument
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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What Is the Will to Power?
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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Dionysus
The God of Wine!
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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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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When Did World War II Start and End?
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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CrimethInc.
The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
2 weeks ago
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
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,...
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
9 months ago
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
11 months ago
The Essential Greeks Returns!
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
The decline and fall of the print media.
10 months ago
The decline and fall of the print media.
Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
a year ago
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
3 months ago
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
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When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
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9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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What Are the Five French Republics?
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
7 months ago
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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Trying to Understand...
Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
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We are lost in a haunted wood.
Classical Wisdom
Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
9 months ago
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
History Today Feed
Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
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Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
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Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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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.
History Today Feed
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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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.
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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Who Is Kiki Smith?
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
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We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
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The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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History Today Feed
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
6 months ago
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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Flashbak
London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
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Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
Flashbak
London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
2 months ago
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
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8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
6 months ago
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
TheCollector
British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
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Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
a year ago
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
8 months ago
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
History Today Feed
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
7 months ago
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
TheCollector
St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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Flashbak
Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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History Today Feed
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
a year ago
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
TheCollector
Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
10 months ago
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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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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How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
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Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
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5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
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5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
10 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
TheCollector
Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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6 Must-See English Castles
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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History Today Feed
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Who Were the Pilgrims?
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$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
TheCollector
Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
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
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
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5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
TheCollector
What’s the History of Gin?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
TheCollector
What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
a month ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
TheCollector
What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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a week ago
History Today Feed
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
6 months ago
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Life of Plato
8 months ago
TheCollector
Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Final Call
Class Begins Tomorrow
11 months ago
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
Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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a month ago
TheCollector
10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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a month ago
TheCollector
How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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a year ago
African History...
A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
a year ago
State and society on Africa's largest island.
TheCollector
What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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4 months ago
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TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
And not just the fighting bit.
TheCollector
How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Aristotle
More Than A Philosopher
11 months ago
TheCollector
What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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2 months ago
Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
2 months ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
TheCollector
10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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a month ago
TheCollector
Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
4 months ago
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
TheCollector
5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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a month ago
TheCollector
10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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2 months ago
TheCollector
6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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5 months ago
Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
a year ago
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
TheCollector
What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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a month ago
African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
over a year ago
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
TheCollector
Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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a month ago
Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
TheCollector
What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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7 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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6 months ago
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.
TheCollector
Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
7 months ago
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
History Today Feed
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
a year ago
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
3 months ago
Banned Book Week Begins...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
a week ago
Flashbak
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...
10 months ago
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....
TheCollector
Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Gettier Problem?
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a year ago
African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
a year ago
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
TheCollector
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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a month ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
TheCollector
Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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2 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
9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
Does Free Will Exist?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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a month ago
Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
TheCollector
5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
TheCollector
The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love, love, love
10 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Important Notification
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8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
TheCollector
5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
a month ago
Factoids From the Ancient World
TheCollector
10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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8 months ago
TheCollector
New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
11 months ago
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
2 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
3 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
History Today Feed
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
11 months ago
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
8 months ago
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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a week ago
TheCollector
How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
TheCollector
What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
6 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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