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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
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Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
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Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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yesterday
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
We...
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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Catching Nessie on Film
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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Ancient Anxiety
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
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In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
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A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
TheCollector
What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
TheCollector
Who Was George Eliot?
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Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
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In Praise of the Preterite
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TheCollector
The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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Everything changes and nothing stands still.
Res Obscura
When technology follows art
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From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
TheCollector
Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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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...
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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...
TheCollector
Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
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Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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Classical Wisdom
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
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American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
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Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
TheCollector
Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
TheCollector
How Are Art and Science Related?
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
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Philosopher Kings
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5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
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First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
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TheCollector
J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
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Is it good to question everything?
TheCollector
8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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Flashbak
Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
6 months ago
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
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Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
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And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
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Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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The Mother Goddess of Rome
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And Her Controversial Religion
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
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Journal of African cities chapter 6
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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Flashbak
Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
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Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
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6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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Classical Wisdom
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Secret of the Stoics
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Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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A Book 100 Years in the Making
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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Classical Wisdom
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Celebrate Cicero!
11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
7 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
TheCollector
What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
5 months ago
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
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...
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
TheCollector
18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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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...
Trying to Understand...
Little People With Agency.
No, not that Agency.
3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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What Is Thatcherism?
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
TheCollector
What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
2 weeks ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
Classical Wisdom
The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
8 months ago
War Stoppers and God Makers
Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
2 months ago
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
TheCollector
The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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a year ago
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...
TheCollector
Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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a month 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
Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
TheCollector
What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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7 months ago
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,...
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...
Trying to Understand...
Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
a year ago
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
TheCollector
Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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TheCollector
The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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a year ago
TheCollector
How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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2 months ago
Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
2 months ago
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
TheCollector
Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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a year ago
TheCollector
4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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5 months ago
Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
6 days ago
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
TheCollector
Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
a year ago
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
TheCollector
How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Pilgrims?
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TheCollector
Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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Flashbak
A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
a month ago
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
TheCollector
Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
2 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
Flashbak
Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
11 months ago
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
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
Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Solipsism?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
TheCollector
10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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TheCollector
How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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TheCollector
Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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TheCollector
Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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TheCollector
Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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TheCollector
How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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TheCollector
Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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TheCollector
How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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TheCollector
6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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11 months ago
Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
a week ago
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
TheCollector
Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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TheCollector
5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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TheCollector
What is Appalachian Culture?
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TheCollector
The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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4 months ago
TheCollector
11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Searching In Science (1965)
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also...
over a year ago
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also issued booklets of content. These were more astronomy than manned space flight but also had some very nice illustrations.
The Moon
The Milky Way and The...
TheCollector
Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
8 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
TheCollector
Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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TheCollector
5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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TheCollector
Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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TheCollector
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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TheCollector
How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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TheCollector
Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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History Today Feed
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
a year ago
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
TheCollector
How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
NEW Event
4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
TheCollector
The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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2 weeks ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
TheCollector
“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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7 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
a month ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
TheCollector
What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
3 weeks ago
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
History Today Feed
Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
6 months ago
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
a month ago
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
TheCollector
Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
a week ago
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
Classical Wisdom
Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
a year ago
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
TheCollector
Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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a year ago
Flashbak
Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
3 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
Global Inequality...
The three German fears
Historical origins of the malaise
a year ago
Historical origins of the malaise
TheCollector
Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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8 months ago
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 …...
Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
TheCollector
A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
9 months ago
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
TheCollector
5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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7 months ago
TheCollector
First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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6 months ago
TheCollector
6 Must-See English Castles
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4 months ago
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
What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
Flashbak
The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
7 months ago
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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TheCollector
Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
9 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
TheCollector
What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
2 weeks ago
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
TheCollector
Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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