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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
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Hey everyone!
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Battle of the Historians
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A Collection of...
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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A History of the US House of Representatives
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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What Is Conceptual Photography?
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
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You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
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NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Dreams of Space -...
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...
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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Wood stove installation
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over a year ago
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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Patterns in Humanity
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7 months ago
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Origins of Stoicism
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Plato and Atlantis
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
a year ago
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This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
History Today Feed
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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Flashbak
Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
a year ago
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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Overcoming Bias
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I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
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Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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African History...
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uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
a year ago
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
a week ago
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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a week ago
TheCollector
Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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8 months ago
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
10 months ago
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
Classical Wisdom
The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
a year ago
TheCollector
Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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6 months ago
Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
a month ago
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
TheCollector
444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
TheCollector
What Is Gnosticism?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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a month ago
TheCollector
The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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10 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
a month ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
TheCollector
What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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10 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
How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
9 months ago
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
a year ago
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
TheCollector
5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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6 months ago
TheCollector
When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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2 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
TheCollector
The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
5 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
TheCollector
What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
4 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
TheCollector
4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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4 months ago
TheCollector
6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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a year ago
TheCollector
Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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a year ago
Flashbak
Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
8 months ago
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
TheCollector
Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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4 months ago
TheCollector
History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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a year ago
CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
a month ago
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
TheCollector
Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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2 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
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
History Today Feed
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
2 months ago
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
TheCollector
Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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9 months ago
TheCollector
6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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a year ago
History Today Feed
How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
11 months ago
How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was George Hodel?
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3 months ago
Tjaart’s Substack
The curious case of the missing period
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
10 months ago
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
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...
TheCollector
4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
a month ago
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
TheCollector
A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
6 months ago
TheCollector
US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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6 months ago
TheCollector
London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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4 months ago
African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
2 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
TheCollector
Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
TheCollector
What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Upcoming Events
So you're in the know...
a year ago
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
3 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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a year ago
Flashbak
Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
5 months ago
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
a month ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
TheCollector
What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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6 months ago
TheCollector
A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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a month ago
TheCollector
Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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a week ago
TheCollector
Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
7 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
TheCollector
Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
7 months ago
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
8 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
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.
Flashbak
Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
5 months ago
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
TheCollector
The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
6 months ago
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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2 months ago
TheCollector
A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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a year ago
TheCollector
Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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a year ago
TheCollector
Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
2 weeks ago
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
TheCollector
20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
TheCollector
What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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a year ago
Flashbak
This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
2 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
TheCollector
The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
3 months ago
Banned Book Week Begins...
TheCollector
What Is the Gettier Problem?
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a year ago
African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
TheCollector
Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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3 weeks ago
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