Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution
Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
a week ago
Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
a year ago
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?
TheCollector
Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
3 days ago
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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TheCollector
7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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TheCollector
Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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History Today Feed
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
2 months ago
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
TheCollector
15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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TheCollector
The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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TheCollector
10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
TheCollector
What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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TheCollector
How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
9 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
Classical Wisdom
The Great Flood
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
10 months ago
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
TheCollector
Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
Flashbak
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
a week ago
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
History Today Feed
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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TheCollector
10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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9 months ago
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
The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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TheCollector
How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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TheCollector
Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
TheCollector
6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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TheCollector
Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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a year ago
African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
TheCollector
10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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TheCollector
What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
11 months ago
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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a month ago
A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
History Today Feed
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
4 months ago
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
Flashbak
New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
2 weeks ago
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
TheCollector
Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Classical Wisdom
Sappho: The Lost Poetess
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
a year ago
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
TheCollector
Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
a year ago
Augustus and Ancient Religion
Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
TheCollector
The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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TheCollector
What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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TheCollector
Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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TheCollector
Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
a year ago
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
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
The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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TheCollector
8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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TheCollector
Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
8 months ago
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
TheCollector
7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
TheCollector
Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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TheCollector
9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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TheCollector
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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TheCollector
Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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TheCollector
Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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TheCollector
Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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TheCollector
Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
US President or American Caesar?
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Who Was Eusebius?
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TheCollector
Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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TheCollector
Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
TheCollector
Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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TheCollector
US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
3 weeks ago
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
TheCollector
The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
TheCollector
What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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TheCollector
5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
TheCollector
Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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TheCollector
Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
Classical Wisdom
The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
Heraclitus against Parmenides
2 months ago
Heraclitus against Parmenides
TheCollector
Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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TheCollector
10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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a year ago
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
6 months ago
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
TheCollector
Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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TheCollector
Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Samaritans?
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TheCollector
Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
TheCollector
How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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TheCollector
Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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8 months ago
TheCollector
When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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TheCollector
1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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TheCollector
How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
a year ago
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
Flashbak
Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
5 months ago
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
TheCollector
Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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8 months ago
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...
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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TheCollector
The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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TheCollector
A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
a year ago
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
TheCollector
Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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a year ago
Flashbak
Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
a month ago
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
TheCollector
What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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TheCollector
7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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TheCollector
What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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TheCollector
Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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5 months ago
TheCollector
7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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a month ago
Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
a month ago
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
TheCollector
5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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TheCollector
Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
6 months ago
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
Flashbak
Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
TheCollector
9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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TheCollector
Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
11 months ago
How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
7 months ago
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
TheCollector
What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
TheCollector
What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
TheCollector
Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
History Today Feed
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
6 months ago
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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a year ago
TheCollector
Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
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...
TheCollector
How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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TheCollector
What Was the Chaco War?
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TheCollector
What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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TheCollector
5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
8 months ago
Does what goes around come around?
TheCollector
Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
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...
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
6 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Conceptual Photography?
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
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Who Were the Allied Powers?
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