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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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Beyond Stoicism
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
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plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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TheCollector
Sufism in South and South East Asia
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TheCollector
A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
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This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Why Socrates Matters
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
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a year ago
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
TheCollector
Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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Flashbak
Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
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“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
TheCollector
Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
TheCollector
Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
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2 months ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
History Today Feed
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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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
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Early Bird is Ending
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TheCollector
The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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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...
9 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
What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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Flashbak
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”...
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“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...
TheCollector
Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
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And don't say a word about Europe.
Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
11 months ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
TheCollector
Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
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This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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Global Inequality...
Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges
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On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
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Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Canada?
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Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
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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
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
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This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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The Surprising Origins of Wonder Woman: A Revolutionary Comic History
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
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TheCollector
10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
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TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
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An experiment with historical simulation
Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
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TheCollector
How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
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Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
TheCollector
Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
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TheCollector
Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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TheCollector
Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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Flashbak
British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
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British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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The Great Experience (1963)
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a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
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Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Classical Wisdom
What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
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2 months ago
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
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TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
4 months ago
TheCollector
7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
4 months ago
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
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Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
Flashbak
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...
Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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African History...
The Meroitic script and the documents of ancient Kush (ca. 300BC-450CE)
The Meroitic writing system of the kingdom of Kush is one of the best-known, yet most enigmatic...
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The Meroitic writing system of the kingdom of Kush is one of the best-known, yet most enigmatic scripts of the ancient world.
History Today Feed
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
TheCollector
What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
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Plato on Political Polarization
Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
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An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
TheCollector
Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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History Today Feed
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
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The Life and Work of Pheidias
TheCollector
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
Flashbak
Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
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The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
Flashbak
Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
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On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
TheCollector
Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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TheCollector
Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
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a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
TheCollector
Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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History Today Feed
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
TheCollector
5 Female Heroes of World War II
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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Flashbak
Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
TheCollector
Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
7 months ago
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
TheCollector
A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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TheCollector
What Is Anti-Natalism?
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TheCollector
8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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TheCollector
Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
10 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
TheCollector
A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
3 weeks ago
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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Classical Wisdom
The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
And the Palace where it was found...
a year ago
And the Palace where it was found...
TheCollector
Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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TheCollector
Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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TheCollector
Who Were the Kuomintang?
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History Today Feed
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 -...
2 months ago
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 - 10:04
Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
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a week ago
***Now Enrolling: Starting January 15th, 2025
TheCollector
10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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TheCollector
Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
TheCollector
The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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TheCollector
5 Women in Philosophy of Science You Should Know
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
TheCollector
What Was Organization Todt?
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
8 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
4 months ago
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What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
TheCollector
Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The Electoral College Explained
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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What Was Négritude?
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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Classical Wisdom
Women of Ancient Rome
The First Roman Empress and More...
10 months ago
The First Roman Empress and More...
History Today Feed
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
8 months ago
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
a year ago
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
a month ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
TheCollector
Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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TheCollector
Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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TheCollector
Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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History Today Feed
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
4 months ago
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
5 months ago
TheCollector
Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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TheCollector
The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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TheCollector
The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
a month ago
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
TheCollector
What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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TheCollector
What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato and Atlantis
11 months ago
TheCollector
Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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TheCollector
The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Lost and Found
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
7 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
2 weeks ago
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
3 weeks ago
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
TheCollector
What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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Flashbak
Highlights of Colour Theory: Illustrating The Mysteries of Light In Colour Whels, Tables, Charts And...
Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known...
6 months ago
Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known as visible light, or light that can be processed and seen by the human eye. It’s a little fraction of all the EM radiation around us. There are many other parts of the EM spectrum...
TheCollector
Who Were the Axis Powers?
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Trying to Understand...
War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
And not just the fighting bit.
TheCollector
What Were Gustav Klimt’s Composition Techniques?
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
TheCollector
Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
TheCollector
The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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TheCollector
What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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TheCollector
French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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TheCollector
Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
Classical Wisdom
No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
TheCollector
Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
5 days ago
TheCollector
11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
TheCollector
Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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TheCollector
British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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TheCollector
What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
TheCollector
Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
7 months ago
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
Trying to Understand...
Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
2 months ago
We are lost in a haunted wood.
Trying to Understand...
They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
Flashbak
Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
10 months ago
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
Flashbak
Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
7 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
TheCollector
5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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TheCollector
What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
Flashbak
Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
a month ago
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
TheCollector
Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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4 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
A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
TheCollector
Who Was Julius Caesar?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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4 months ago
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
9 months ago
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
Flashbak
Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
3 months ago
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
Classical Wisdom
Religion in the Olympics
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
5 months ago
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
History Today Feed
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
2 weeks ago
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
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