Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
4 months ago
TheCollector
Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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Global Inequality...
Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
a year ago
Urbanism in the forest region.
African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
2 weeks ago
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
Flashbak
Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
7 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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TheCollector
Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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10 months ago
Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
6 months ago
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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The First Biographers
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
a year ago
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
History Today Feed
Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Free French Bombers Over France
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Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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TheCollector
Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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TheCollector
Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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a year ago
TheCollector
Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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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.
History Today Feed
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
TheCollector
Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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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...
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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History Today Feed
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
When Was the First Crusade?
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How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
5 days ago
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
a year ago
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
a year ago
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
TheCollector
9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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5 months 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....
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...
3 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...
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
a week 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...
TheCollector
How Are Art and Science Related?
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Flashbak
Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
a month ago
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
9 months ago
TheCollector
Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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a year ago
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What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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7 months ago
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
TheCollector
What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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5 months ago
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
a year ago
Journey Into the Labyrinth
History Today Feed
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
9 months ago
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 weeks ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
History Today Feed
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
2 months ago
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
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Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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7 months ago
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
10 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
TheCollector
Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Julio-Claudians
5 months ago
TheCollector
Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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TheCollector
Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
TheCollector
Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
7 months ago
Mothers of the Ancient World
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
a year ago
Ancient Philosophy for Children
Classical Wisdom
LIVE Event: What is Plagiarism?
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
11 months ago
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
9 months ago
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
TheCollector
Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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Hundred Rabbits
hello fujisan
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
TheCollector
Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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TheCollector
7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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TheCollector
Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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TheCollector
Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
4 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
11 months ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
TheCollector
The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
TheCollector
11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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TheCollector
The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
a year ago
Flashbak
The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
3 weeks ago
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
TheCollector
Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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TheCollector
Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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TheCollector
Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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TheCollector
How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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Flashbak
American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
2 months ago
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
TheCollector
What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
TheCollector
5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
5 days ago
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
TheCollector
The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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a month ago
Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
4 days ago
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...
TheCollector
The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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5 months ago
Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
Most of them are not from 2023
a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
TheCollector
4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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TheCollector
The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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TheCollector
Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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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...
2 weeks 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
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
TheCollector
The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
TheCollector
6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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a year ago
Flashbak
Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
6 months ago
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
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10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Last Chance!
a year ago
TheCollector
Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
TheCollector
What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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a year ago
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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2 months ago
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...
History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
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The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
Classical Wisdom
Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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TheCollector
Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
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On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
TheCollector
What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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History Today Feed
Death of the King of Siam
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
2 months ago
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
TheCollector
Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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TheCollector
What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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TheCollector
A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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TheCollector
Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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TheCollector
The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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TheCollector
Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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TheCollector
Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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Flashbak
A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
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
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
TheCollector
A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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TheCollector
5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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TheCollector
Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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3 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
TheCollector
The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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TheCollector
Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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TheCollector
Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
11 months ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
TheCollector
4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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a year ago
TheCollector
Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
8 months ago
War Stoppers and God Makers
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
a year ago
TheCollector
The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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a month ago
African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
a year ago
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
Trying to Understand...
Things Don't Always Get Better.
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
2 months ago
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
TheCollector
Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
a month ago
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
TheCollector
10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
TheCollector
Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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2 months ago
TheCollector
7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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TheCollector
Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
4 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
TheCollector
Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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11 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Fellow believers or fellow citizens?
Liberalism dies in darkness
a month ago
Liberalism dies in darkness
TheCollector
Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
5 months ago
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
TheCollector
Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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TheCollector
Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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4 months ago
African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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a year ago
History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
9 months ago
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
History Today Feed
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
11 months ago
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
History Today Feed
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
8 months ago
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secrets of the Scythians
10 months ago
TheCollector
Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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TheCollector
Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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a month ago
Hundred Rabbits
captain what is this
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
TheCollector
Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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TheCollector
The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Are Conlangs?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
3 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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a year ago
TheCollector
Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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4 months ago
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...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
TheCollector
Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
a year ago
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
TheCollector
American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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TheCollector
George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Julius Caesar?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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TheCollector
When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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TheCollector
Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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8 months ago
TheCollector
5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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TheCollector
5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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TheCollector
What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
TheCollector
Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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a year ago
Flashbak
The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
2 months ago
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
History Today Feed
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
10 months ago
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
a month ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
TheCollector
$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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8 months ago
TheCollector
5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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TheCollector
Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
TheCollector
What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
a month ago
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
TheCollector
A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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11 months ago
weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
6 months ago
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
TheCollector
How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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2 weeks ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
Trying to Understand...
Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
2 months ago
We are lost in a haunted wood.
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