Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Secrets of Crete
a year ago
History Today Feed
Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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8 months ago
African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
TheCollector
Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
2 weeks ago
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Who Was Vortigern?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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TheCollector
Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Forgotten US Presidents
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3 months ago
TheCollector
5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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6 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'?
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
What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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TheCollector
5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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Trying to Understand...
The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
2 weeks ago
But who is prepared to admit it?
TheCollector
What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
11 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
TheCollector
German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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TheCollector
Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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TheCollector
What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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a year ago
TheCollector
11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
TheCollector
6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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a month ago
TheCollector
How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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9 months ago
Flashbak
L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
5 months ago
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
TheCollector
New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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2 weeks ago
African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
TheCollector
Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Axis Powers?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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a month ago
African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
3 weeks ago
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
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...
Flashbak
The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the...
9 months ago
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
TheCollector
The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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TheCollector
What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
a year ago
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
4 months ago
Workers and Peasants we are not.
TheCollector
Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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TheCollector
Who Were the Samaritans?
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Putting Mothers on Death Row
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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3 months ago
TheCollector
From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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a year ago
Flashbak
‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
a year ago
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
TheCollector
The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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TheCollector
What Was Jim Crow?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
8 months ago
TheCollector
Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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7 months ago
TheCollector
A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
6 months ago
TheCollector
Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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5 months ago
TheCollector
5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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a month ago
TheCollector
Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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11 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.
TheCollector
5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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10 months ago
TheCollector
1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
7 months ago
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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3 months ago
Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
5 days ago
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
TheCollector
4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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TheCollector
What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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3 weeks ago
African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 6
TheCollector
Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
10 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
TheCollector
Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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TheCollector
Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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a year ago
TheCollector
A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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a year ago
TheCollector
A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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4 months ago
TheCollector
6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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a year ago
TheCollector
A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
a year ago
We can't get there from here, anymore.
Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
10 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
TheCollector
The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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9 months ago
Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
a month ago
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
TheCollector
The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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2 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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a year ago
TheCollector
Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
a year ago
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
TheCollector
Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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TheCollector
Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Stress
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
7 months ago
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
TheCollector
What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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a week ago
Flashbak
Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
6 months ago
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
10 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
TheCollector
3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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TheCollector
5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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TheCollector
What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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9 months ago
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.
TheCollector
4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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Flashbak
16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
a month ago
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
a month ago
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
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...
TheCollector
Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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TheCollector
Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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2 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
TheCollector
What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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a year ago
TheCollector
Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
3 months ago
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
TheCollector
4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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TheCollector
Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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TheCollector
What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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TheCollector
Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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3 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...
TheCollector
Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year ago
TheCollector
Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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10 months ago
Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
a month ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
5 months ago
Wars and ideology simplified
History Today Feed
The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
6 months ago
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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TheCollector
The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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TheCollector
Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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a year ago
Flashbak
Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
2 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
TheCollector
When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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TheCollector
The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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TheCollector
Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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TheCollector
11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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TheCollector
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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TheCollector
Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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TheCollector
5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
a year ago
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
TheCollector
History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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TheCollector
6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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TheCollector
5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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TheCollector
Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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TheCollector
5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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TheCollector
Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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TheCollector
Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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TheCollector
5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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TheCollector
6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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TheCollector
The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Early Christianity
12 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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Classical Wisdom
Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
a year ago
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
TheCollector
The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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TheCollector
The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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TheCollector
An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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TheCollector
Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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TheCollector
Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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Classical Wisdom
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
11 months ago
TheCollector
Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
a month ago
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
TheCollector
What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
a week ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
TheCollector
Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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Flashbak
Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
a month ago
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
TheCollector
Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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TheCollector
How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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TheCollector
How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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TheCollector
6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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TheCollector
7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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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 Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People?
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Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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Xerxes the Great
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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Eternal Glory
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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Flashbak
Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
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“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
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The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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TheCollector
The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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Classical Wisdom
Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
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Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
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state and society in south-central Africa
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
TheCollector
Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
2 months ago
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
TheCollector
Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
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Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
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Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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History Today Feed
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
Flashbak
Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
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American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
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Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
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A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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History Today Feed
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
TheCollector
6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
History Today Feed
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
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This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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Wrong Side of...
Your favourite half-British president
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We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
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Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
TheCollector
10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
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A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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Flashbak
Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
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In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
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From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
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Three years late, but historians are always late
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
Classical Wisdom
How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
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“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
TheCollector
What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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History Today Feed
Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
TheCollector
Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
TheCollector
Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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