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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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New Study May Reveal Stonehenge’s Mysterious Origins
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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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.
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This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
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In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
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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...
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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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Global Inequality...
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
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4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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7 Depictions of War by Famous Artists Everyone Should Know
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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Res Obscura
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US President or American Caesar?
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
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Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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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...
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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It's All About Them.
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TheCollector
Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
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Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
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What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
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Dealing With Foreigners ...
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a year ago
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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
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
2 months ago
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
History Today Feed
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
11 months ago
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François...
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These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François Brunery (1849 – 1926), and used as the basis for his work as a painter of so-called “Cardinal Paintings”. His work depicting cardinals of the Catholic church in comical or embarrassing...
TheCollector
Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
Classical Wisdom
Quick Notification
In Search of Homer
2 months ago
TheCollector
Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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TheCollector
Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
a month ago
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
TheCollector
Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
TheCollector
Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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TheCollector
10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
TheCollector
Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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The Electoral College Explained
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
a month ago
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
TheCollector
Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
2 months ago
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
TheCollector
More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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George Cassiday: Who Was the Man in the Green Hat?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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TheCollector
Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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CrimethInc.
Sacrificial Violence and Retribution
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way...
a week ago
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way to understand the different forms of violence that are coming to the fore in our society right now. In the appendix, we offer an incomplete roundup of various responses to the...
History Today Feed
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
4 months ago
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
TheCollector
What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love, love, love
10 months ago
Flashbak
1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
9 months ago
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm...
9 months ago
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm (22 June 1924 – 15 March 2023) was born Dorothea Israelit in June 1924 in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), to a Jewish German-speaking family. In 1939 she was...
A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
2 months ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
TheCollector
7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
6 months ago
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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11 months ago
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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TheCollector
Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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a year ago
TheCollector
What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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TheCollector
Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
a year ago
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
TheCollector
Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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a year ago
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...
History Today Feed
Death of a Turkey Legend
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
3 weeks ago
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Were Gustav Klimt’s Composition Techniques?
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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Trying to Understand...
The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
2 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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TheCollector
Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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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
8 months ago
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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TheCollector
Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
a year ago
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
TheCollector
Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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TheCollector
What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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TheCollector
Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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Classical Wisdom
Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
7 months ago
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
TheCollector
5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at...
4 months ago
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
TheCollector
Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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What Was Négritude?
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Classical Wisdom
Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
9 months ago
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
TheCollector
5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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TheCollector
The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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History Today Feed
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
a year ago
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
TheCollector
Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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Anglo-French Wars: 13 Conflicts Between France & England
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Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
TheCollector
5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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TheCollector
Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
2 weeks ago
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
TheCollector
5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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TheCollector
Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
a month ago
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
TheCollector
What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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Classical Wisdom
Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
a month ago
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
TheCollector
Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Gods Vs Titans
...and the Origins of the Universe
a year ago
...and the Origins of the Universe
TheCollector
5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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TheCollector
What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
7 months ago
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
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