Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year ago
TheCollector
UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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2 months ago
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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2 months ago
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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6 months ago
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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11 months ago
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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3 months ago
Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
2 months ago
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
TheCollector
5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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8 months ago
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How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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a year ago
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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5 months ago
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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a year ago
Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
2 months ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
TheCollector
The 4 Most Important Cultures in Ancient Anatolia
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
4 months ago
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The Collector’s Guide for the Art Fair
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a week ago
TheCollector
Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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9 months ago
Flashbak
El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
4 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
TheCollector
What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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10 months ago
African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
11 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
TheCollector
Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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7 months ago
Flashbak
William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
10 months ago
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place” – William S. Burroughs It wasn’t all writing, drug taking, walks among the mysteries, cut ups, fomenting revolution, guns and launching assaults on Soho coffee bars in a typical...
TheCollector
What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
10 months ago
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
TheCollector
Archaeologists Discover 4,100-Year-Old Tomb of Pharaoh’s Doctor
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2 weeks ago
Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
TheCollector
The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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a month ago
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...
a month 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
Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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11 months ago
Flashbak
It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
5 months ago
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
TheCollector
10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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a year ago
Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
8 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
TheCollector
The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
2 months ago
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
TheCollector
Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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a month ago
Flashbak
48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
a month ago
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
TheCollector
Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
7 months ago
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
History Today Feed
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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a year ago
TheCollector
Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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9 months 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...
a year 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...
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...
2 months 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.
Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
a month ago
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Die?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Appropriation in Art?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Ancient Greek Sculptures You Must Know
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5 days ago
TheCollector
What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
2 months ago
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
TheCollector
What Was Négritude?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Pina Bausch?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
2 months ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
a month ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
And Now for Something Completely Different.
Am I me? Are You you? ?
over a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
7 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
TheCollector
5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
TheCollector
Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
9 months ago
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
2 months ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
TheCollector
$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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5 months ago
TheCollector
A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
5 months ago
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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a year ago
TheCollector
Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
10 months ago
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Secret Renaissance Passageway Reopens in Florence
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Is Nestorianism?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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a year ago
Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
a month ago
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
Classical Wisdom
The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
7 months ago
And the Boundless Universe
TheCollector
Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Andrew of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Death, Legacy
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TheCollector
The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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3 months ago
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...
3 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.
History Today Feed
How the CCP is Closing China
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
8 months ago
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
TheCollector
The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
8 months ago
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
a year ago
Laconic wit through the centuries
TheCollector
Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
TheCollector
Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Black Death Change the English Language?
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6 days ago
TheCollector
6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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6 months ago
African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
10 months ago
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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a year ago
African History...
The Meroitic script and the documents of ancient Kush (ca. 300BC-450CE)
The Meroitic writing system of the kingdom of Kush is one of the best-known, yet most enigmatic...
3 weeks ago
The Meroitic writing system of the kingdom of Kush is one of the best-known, yet most enigmatic scripts of the ancient world.
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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7 months ago
African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
a year ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
a year ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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a year ago
TheCollector
Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
TheCollector
How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
3 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
Classical Wisdom
The Great Flood
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
11 months ago
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
TheCollector
The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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a year ago
Open Culture
Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Kurt Vonnegut’s Letter of Advice to People Living in the Year 2088
There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters...
3 weeks ago
There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters to the future, then publish them in Time magazine as part of an ad campaign. In fact, that time wasn’t so very long ago: it was the year 1988, to be precise, when no less an...
TheCollector
What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Continue Reading
Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
10 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
a year ago
And what happens when we don’t?
TheCollector
10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
9 months ago
TheCollector
The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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TheCollector
Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Anglo-French Wars: 13 Conflicts Between France & England
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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6 months ago
TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
over a year ago
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
Flashbak
AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
a year ago
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
History Today Feed
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
a year ago
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
TheCollector
When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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10 months ago
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
TheCollector
What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
3 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
TheCollector
Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
a year ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of the IRA
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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a year ago
TheCollector
What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
6 months ago
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
TheCollector
Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
TheCollector
Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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TheCollector
Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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a year ago
TheCollector
Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is a Banana Republic?
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8 months ago
Global Inequality...
Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
3 months ago
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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TheCollector
Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
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“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
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You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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