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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
4 months ago
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
8 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
5 months ago
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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8 months ago
weird medieval guys
The coolest medieval woman you've never heard of
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
a year ago
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
TheCollector
Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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a month ago
TheCollector
Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
10 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
TheCollector
Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
History Today Feed
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
3 months ago
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
2 weeks ago
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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TheCollector
The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
a year ago
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
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
The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
TheCollector
Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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a year ago
TheCollector
Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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6 months ago
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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7 months ago
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Animals of the Ancient World
6 months ago
Animals of the Ancient World
TheCollector
The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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TheCollector
Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
5 months ago
Count no man happy until the end is known
TheCollector
The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
5 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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a year ago
TheCollector
Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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a month ago
TheCollector
America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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12 months 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
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...
TheCollector
Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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TheCollector
3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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9 months ago
TheCollector
8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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8 months ago
TheCollector
11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
TheCollector
What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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7 months ago
TheCollector
“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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a month ago
CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
a month ago
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
TheCollector
Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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a year ago
Flashbak
A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
History Today Feed
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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a year ago
African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
a year ago
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
Flashbak
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...
8 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...
TheCollector
What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
a week ago
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
Flashbak
Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
a year ago
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
TheCollector
The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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7 months ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Life of Plato
8 months ago
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of the IRA
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a month ago
TheCollector
Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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a year ago
TheCollector
French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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8 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
2 weeks ago
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
TheCollector
What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
8 months ago
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
Classical Wisdom
Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
a year ago
TheCollector
HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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11 months ago
African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
a year ago
an African portrait of an African society
TheCollector
4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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TheCollector
Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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6 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
TheCollector
Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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5 months ago
African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
6 months ago
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
Flashbak
Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
3 months ago
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
TheCollector
American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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a year ago
weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
a year ago
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
TheCollector
What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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TheCollector
Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
TheCollector
Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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TheCollector
What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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2 weeks ago
History Today Feed
Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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11 months ago
TheCollector
When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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TheCollector
What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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5 months ago
TheCollector
French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Solipsism?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
History Today Feed
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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3 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
Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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3 weeks ago
African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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TheCollector
Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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a year ago
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...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the...
11 months ago
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the Hellenistic army and its Macedonian phalanx and the Romans with their legions. Last week, we looked at the weapons, organization and fighting style of the Macedonian phalanx, the infantry...
TheCollector
Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
6 months ago
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
TheCollector
Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
a month ago
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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5 months 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
Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
7 months ago
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
TheCollector
Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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TheCollector
6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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3 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
2 months ago
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
History Today Feed
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
CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
a week ago
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
TheCollector
Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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TheCollector
Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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TheCollector
The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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TheCollector
A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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TheCollector
Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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TheCollector
Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
2 months ago
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
TheCollector
Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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TheCollector
What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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Flashbak
Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
5 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
History Today Feed
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
4 months ago
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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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...
2 months ago
“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
Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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TheCollector
What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
7 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
TheCollector
Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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TheCollector
J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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a month ago
weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
History Today Feed
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
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The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
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Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
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Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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Patterns in Humanity
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Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
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Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
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The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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Res Obscura
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What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
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What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
Global Inequality...
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The decline and fall of the print media.
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