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Death of the King of Siam
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
2 months ago
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
TheCollector
Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
5 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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What Are Conlangs?
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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6 months ago
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.
Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
9 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
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How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
11 months ago
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
a month ago
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
TheCollector
Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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8 months ago
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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CrimethInc.
History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of...
a month ago
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
We...
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
7 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
TheCollector
Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
9 months ago
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Stress
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
7 months ago
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
TheCollector
Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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3 months ago
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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What Are the Five French Republics?
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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 Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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9 months ago
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Blindspots and Biographies
a year ago
Blindspots and Biographies
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Tolkien and Plato
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
TheCollector
How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
10 months ago
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
TheCollector
The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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African History...
Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
a year ago
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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Flashbak
Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
2 months ago
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
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Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
4 months ago
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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Trying to Understand...
A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
a year ago
They are quite serious, actually.
TheCollector
The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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Flashbak
East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
8 months ago
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
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Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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6 months ago
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
11 months ago
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
TheCollector
Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
8 months ago
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
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King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
4 months ago
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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TheCollector
Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
a year ago
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
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...
TheCollector
8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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a year ago
weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
a year ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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
Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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6 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Your favourite half-British president
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
a month ago
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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TheCollector
Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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Classical Wisdom
The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
7 months ago
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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11 months ago
Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
2 weeks ago
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
TheCollector
Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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TheCollector
What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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TheCollector
The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
8 months ago
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
TheCollector
Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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8 months ago
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
4 months ago
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
TheCollector
Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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3 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
How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
3 months ago
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
TheCollector
What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
TheCollector
Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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Classical Wisdom
The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
a year ago
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British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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Classical Wisdom
Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
a year ago
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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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...
3 days ago
“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
When Did World War II Start and End?
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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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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...
TheCollector
The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Putting Mothers on Death Row
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
4 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
History Today Feed
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
a year ago
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
TheCollector
3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Life of Plato
8 months ago
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
11 months ago
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
11 months ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
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The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
Flashbak
Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
a year ago
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
History Today Feed
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
History Today Feed
Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
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Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
a year ago
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
TheCollector
How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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TheCollector
Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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TheCollector
Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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Classical Wisdom
The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
Heraclitus against Parmenides
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Heraclitus against Parmenides
TheCollector
Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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TheCollector
What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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TheCollector
Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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TheCollector
What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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TheCollector
How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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TheCollector
What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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TheCollector
Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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Flashbak
How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
10 months ago
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
TheCollector
The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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TheCollector
What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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TheCollector
The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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TheCollector
9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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Flashbak
Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
10 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
African History...
A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
a year ago
State and society on Africa's largest island.
Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
a month ago
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
TheCollector
Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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a year ago
Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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Flashbak
In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
7 months ago
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
TheCollector
Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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a year ago
weird medieval guys
The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
A history of the monastic high life
a year ago
A history of the monastic high life
TheCollector
What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
TheCollector
Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
2 months ago
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
10 months ago
TheCollector
America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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TheCollector
What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
Flashbak
On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
9 months ago
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
TheCollector
What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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TheCollector
Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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TheCollector
Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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TheCollector
Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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TheCollector
Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
8 months ago
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
6 months ago
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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TheCollector
Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
TheCollector
10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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TheCollector
Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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History Today Feed
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
6 months ago
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
TheCollector
Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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TheCollector
5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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TheCollector
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
3 months ago
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
TheCollector
Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
3 months ago
TheCollector
Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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TheCollector
5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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TheCollector
Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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TheCollector
Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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TheCollector
A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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Flashbak
Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
6 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
TheCollector
Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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TheCollector
Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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TheCollector
Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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History Today Feed
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
2 months ago
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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TheCollector
What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
TheCollector
The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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a year ago
TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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6 months ago
Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
TheCollector
What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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TheCollector
The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
TheCollector
Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
TheCollector
NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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TheCollector
Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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TheCollector
A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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TheCollector
Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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a year ago
TheCollector
Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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TheCollector
“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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TheCollector
The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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a year ago
TheCollector
Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays
From Anya, Joel and Frida
12 months ago
From Anya, Joel and Frida
Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
NEW Event
4 months ago
TheCollector
6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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4 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
7 months ago
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
TheCollector
Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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