Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
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Plato on Political Polarization
TheCollector
The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
5 months ago
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
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Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
Classical Wisdom
Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
a month ago
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
TheCollector
Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
4 months ago
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
TheCollector
When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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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.
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
2 months ago
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
3 weeks ago
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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The Surprising Origins of Wonder Woman: A Revolutionary Comic History
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William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
7 months ago
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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TheCollector
What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
a year ago
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
a year ago
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
TheCollector
Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
TheCollector
Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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History Today Feed
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
a year ago
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
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
What Was the Hanseatic League?
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Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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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
TheCollector
Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
10 months ago
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place” – William S. Burroughs It wasn’t all writing, drug taking, walks among the mysteries, cut ups, fomenting revolution, guns and launching assaults on Soho coffee bars in a typical...
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
a year ago
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
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6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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Global Inequality...
Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
2 months ago
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
TheCollector
Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
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The 4 Most Important Cultures in Ancient Anatolia
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Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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5 months ago
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
4 months ago
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
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4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on...
3 months ago
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
TheCollector
Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
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“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
10 months ago
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
TheCollector
Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
a year ago
TheCollector
How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
TheCollector
Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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TheCollector
What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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History Today Feed
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
8 months ago
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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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...
Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
TheCollector
KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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TheCollector
Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
8 months ago
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
8 months ago
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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Ben Franklin in Politics: The Founding Father Who Was Never President
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TheCollector
Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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What is Appalachian Culture?
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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TheCollector
Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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TheCollector
10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
2 months ago
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
TheCollector
Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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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
12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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Archaeologists Find Colorful Still Life Frescoes at Pompeii
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
a year ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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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,...
TheCollector
What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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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...
2 weeks ago
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...
Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
6 months ago
Wars and ideology simplified
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 days ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated the documentation for our various projects.
Left, added support for unicode input(Mastodon).
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Air to Ground...
TheCollector
Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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History Today Feed
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
11 months ago
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
11 months ago
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
TheCollector
How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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Flashbak
Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
a month ago
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
TheCollector
How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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TheCollector
The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
a year ago
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
TheCollector
What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
12 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
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Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
11 months ago
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
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Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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History Today Feed
In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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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
Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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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.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
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
Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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Classical Wisdom
Monsters of Mythology
Who Made the Top Ten?
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
4 months ago
Golden Age of Latin Literature
TheCollector
Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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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
Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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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.
Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
TheCollector
What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
History Today Feed
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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Death of a Turkey Legend
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Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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Read J. R. R. Tolkien’s “Letter From Father Christmas” To His Young Children (1925)
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J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit. Apart from being a celebrated author, the Oxford University professor of Anglo-Saxon was also a devoted father who doted on his children. In 1920, a few short years after Tolkien...
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
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‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
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Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
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During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
TheCollector
9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
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The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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History Today Feed
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
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Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
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Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Die?
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
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6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
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A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
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Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Classical Wisdom
Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
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I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
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Was Jesus a Radical?
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
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Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
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Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
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weird medieval guys
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oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
TheCollector
What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
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From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
TheCollector
Eva Perón: Is She Really a Feminist Icon?
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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Flashbak
Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
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Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
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10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
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The Silence of the Elephants
TheCollector
The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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Street Shots of New York City in 1978
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
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But striking poses is fun and easy.
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
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a year ago
What's it going to be, then?
TheCollector
Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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Flashbak
It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
TheCollector
A Brief History of Collecting Art
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
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Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
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Journey Into the Labyrinth
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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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...
11 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
What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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Classical Wisdom
The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
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And the Boundless Universe
TheCollector
Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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TheCollector
New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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History Today Feed
History Today Review of the Year
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
History Today Review of the Year
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TheCollector
Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
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Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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Trying to Understand...
No End Of A Lesson.
If we can only learn it.
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History Today Feed
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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TheCollector
Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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TheCollector
Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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Open Culture
What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2025: Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner’s The Sound and...
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films,...
2 days ago
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films, musical compositions, sound recordings, works of art, and other pieces of intellectual property. This year happens to be an especially notable one for connoisseurs of Belgian...
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
8 months ago
Part One, anyway. More next week.
Trying to Understand...
It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
TheCollector
The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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TheCollector
How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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2 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
4 weeks ago
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Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
TheCollector
Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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TheCollector
Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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4 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...
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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
Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sibyls
Ancient Prophetesses
a year ago
TheCollector
11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
a year ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
TheCollector
How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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