TheCollector
What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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TheCollector
P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
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But is there anything there?
TheCollector
10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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Flashbak
Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
4 months ago
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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Classical Wisdom
How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
a year ago
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
TheCollector
A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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TheCollector
Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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History Today Feed
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
Trying to Understand...
They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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TheCollector
Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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TheCollector
Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
TheCollector
What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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TheCollector
A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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TheCollector
How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
3 weeks ago
Please help us not to understand.
TheCollector
How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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History Today Feed
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
7 months ago
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
TheCollector
Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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TheCollector
The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
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Do people actually disagree that much?
Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
10 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
TheCollector
Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
2 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
TheCollector
Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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Who Was Eusebius?
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Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
TheCollector
Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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TheCollector
Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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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
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
TheCollector
11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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History Today Feed
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
9 months ago
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
TheCollector
Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
6 months ago
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
TheCollector
The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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History Today Feed
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
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Death of a Turkey Legend
Death of a Turkey Legend
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Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
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Death of a Turkey Legend
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Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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Classical Wisdom
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The Epics Collection
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Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
a year ago
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
TheCollector
Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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Classical Wisdom
LIVE Event: What is Plagiarism?
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
11 months ago
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
TheCollector
Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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TheCollector
Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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TheCollector
Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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History Today Feed
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
8 months ago
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
2 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
TheCollector
The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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TheCollector
The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
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And the Boundless Universe
TheCollector
What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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TheCollector
An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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Flashbak
John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
History Today Feed
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
TheCollector
Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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TheCollector
The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Flashbak
Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
TheCollector
Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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TheCollector
Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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TheCollector
What is Pantheism in Art?
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TheCollector
The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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TheCollector
The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
TheCollector
Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle on Friendship
a year ago
TheCollector
New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
4 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
TheCollector
Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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TheCollector
What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
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What should we do with Seneca?
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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TheCollector
What Was the Berlin Conference?
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TheCollector
Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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TheCollector
Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
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Mothers of the Ancient World
TheCollector
The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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TheCollector
What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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TheCollector
Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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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...
TheCollector
Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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TheCollector
A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
7 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
TheCollector
Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the...
11 months ago
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the Hellenistic army and its Macedonian phalanx and the Romans with their legions. Last week, we looked at the weapons, organization and fighting style of the Macedonian phalanx, the infantry...
Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
TheCollector
10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
7 months ago
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
History Today Feed
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
4 months ago
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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Flashbak
I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
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doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
TheCollector
Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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TheCollector
Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
10 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
TheCollector
The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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Classical Wisdom
No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
3 months ago
Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
TheCollector
5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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Classical Wisdom
Where did the time go?
Important Notice
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Last Call for Classical Gifts
Shipping Cutoff imminent
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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TheCollector
The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
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And Her Controversial Religion
TheCollector
Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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TheCollector
An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
Continue Reading
TheCollector
Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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Classical Wisdom
Final Call
Class Begins Tomorrow
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Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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History Today Feed
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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What Is Populism?
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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Classical Wisdom
Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
TheCollector
What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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Who Were the Axis Powers?
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
TheCollector
Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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TheCollector
Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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History Today Feed
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
TheCollector
Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
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The decline and fall of the print media.
TheCollector
6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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TheCollector
Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently...
2 months ago
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
TheCollector
The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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Flashbak
Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
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“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
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Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
6 months ago
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
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TheCollector
4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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History Today Feed
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
10 months ago
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
a month ago
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
TheCollector
What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
7 months ago
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
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The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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4 months ago
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How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
3 weeks ago
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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6 months ago
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
a year ago
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Stress
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
7 months ago
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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Weekend Roundup
Classical Wisdom Books
a year ago
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[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
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a year ago
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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What Are Conlangs?
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11 months ago
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
a year ago
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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What Is Solipsism?
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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2 months ago
Flashbak
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...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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11 months ago
Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
10 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
Flashbak
A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
a month ago
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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11 months ago
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What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
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What Is Gnosticism?
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Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
11 months ago
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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6 months ago
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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4 months 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...
3 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...
Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
6 months ago
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
History Today Feed
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
a month ago
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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2 months ago
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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
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
5 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
2 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
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7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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6 months ago
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René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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11 months ago
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
6 months ago
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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3 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
2 weeks ago
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
TheCollector
Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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a month ago
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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...
3 weeks ago
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
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Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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a month ago
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
a month ago
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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a year ago
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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a year ago
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Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by...
2 months ago
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
a year ago
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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a year ago
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
a month ago
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
6 months ago
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
6 months ago
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
TheCollector
Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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a month ago
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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2 weeks ago
Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
7 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
TheCollector
Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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a year ago
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Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
7 months ago
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
Classical Wisdom
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
11 months ago
TheCollector
Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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4 months ago
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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a month ago
Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
4 months ago
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
History Today Feed
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
a month ago
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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2 months ago
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