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TheCollector
5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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African History...
a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
a year ago
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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...
TheCollector
Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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TheCollector
What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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History Today Feed
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 -...
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
TheCollector
How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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TheCollector
7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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TheCollector
What Is Gnosticism?
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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TheCollector
Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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TheCollector
The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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TheCollector
A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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TheCollector
8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
a year ago
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
TheCollector
Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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TheCollector
Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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TheCollector
Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
5 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
TheCollector
5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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a year ago
TheCollector
Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
TheCollector
The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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TheCollector
Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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TheCollector
5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
7 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
a year ago
TheCollector
Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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TheCollector
A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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TheCollector
6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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TheCollector
8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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TheCollector
Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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Flashbak
The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
a year ago
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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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
5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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a year ago
TheCollector
Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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TheCollector
The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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TheCollector
The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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TheCollector
Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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TheCollector
7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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TheCollector
The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Upcoming Events
So you're in the know...
a year ago
African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
TheCollector
Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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TheCollector
How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
a week ago
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
6 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
TheCollector
Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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TheCollector
The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 7
TheCollector
What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
2 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
TheCollector
Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
TheCollector
Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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TheCollector
Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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TheCollector
Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
TheCollector
Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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TheCollector
Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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TheCollector
Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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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
Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
a year ago
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
TheCollector
A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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TheCollector
Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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TheCollector
England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
2 months ago
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
TheCollector
What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
a year ago
On cartography as historical argument
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
a year ago
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
Flashbak
El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
TheCollector
The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
History Today Feed
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
6 days ago
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
TheCollector
Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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TheCollector
The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
4 weeks ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
TheCollector
Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
a year ago
The Original Femme Fatales?
TheCollector
Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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TheCollector
History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
a week ago
Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
TheCollector
How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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a year ago
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