TheCollector
Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
7 months ago
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
TheCollector
The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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Zangbeto: Get to Know Voodoo’s Whirling Spirit Dance
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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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.
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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TheCollector
When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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Flashbak
London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
2 months ago
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
6 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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2 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year 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
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
TheCollector
Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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CrimethInc.
2024: Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire : The Year in Review
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead....
2 days ago
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead. Here, we review the events of 2024 and our own contributions to the fight for a better world.
A year that began amid genocide in Palestine and war in Ukraine and Sudan is concluding...
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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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Hidden History
The 1914 Christmas Truce
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous...
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[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous events to come out of the First World War. Some have called it the last gasp of the chivalric age of professional militaries and gentlemen officers, to be followed by the full horrors...
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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TheCollector
The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
10 months ago
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
TheCollector
What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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TheCollector
How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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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
Flashbak
Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
4 months ago
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
TheCollector
What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Roman Empire Podcasts
a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
TheCollector
4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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Classical Wisdom
Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
9 months ago
TheCollector
Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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TheCollector
Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
8 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
TheCollector
What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
a year ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
TheCollector
6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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Trying to Understand...
We Are All Civilisational States
It's just that some people don't realise it.
a year ago
It's just that some people don't realise it.
TheCollector
5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
7 months ago
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
TheCollector
Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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TheCollector
10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
a year ago
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
3 months ago
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
a month ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
Flashbak
The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
6 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
TheCollector
Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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TheCollector
6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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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...
a year 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...
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Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
a year ago
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
TheCollector
Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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TheCollector
5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
8 months ago
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
a month ago
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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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
Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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TheCollector
Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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TheCollector
How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
US President or American Caesar?
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
2 weeks ago
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
3 weeks ago
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
TheCollector
What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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Classical Wisdom
What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
2 months ago
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
TheCollector
A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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Flashbak
See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
5 months ago
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
TheCollector
Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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Wrong Side of...
The Indian-American century
On the Anglo-Indo-sphere
4 days ago
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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TheCollector
Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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TheCollector
Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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Flashbak
Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
4 months ago
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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TheCollector
8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
11 months ago
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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TheCollector
Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
10 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
Flashbak
In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
2 months ago
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
TheCollector
Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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TheCollector
Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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TheCollector
How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
2 weeks ago
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
TheCollector
Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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TheCollector
Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
6 months ago
It was all too difficult, finally.
TheCollector
Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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TheCollector
Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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TheCollector
The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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TheCollector
What Was the First Written Language?
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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TheCollector
Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
5 months ago
TheCollector
Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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TheCollector
Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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TheCollector
The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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Flashbak
Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
10 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
TheCollector
8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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TheCollector
Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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TheCollector
The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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TheCollector
The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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TheCollector
What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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TheCollector
The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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TheCollector
Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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a year ago
TheCollector
Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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6 months ago
Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
a year ago
Three years late, but historians are always late
TheCollector
Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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TheCollector
What Is Russian Futurism?
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TheCollector
10 Charming Medieval Villages in Austria to Visit
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TheCollector
Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Death of the King of Siam
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
3 months ago
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
TheCollector
Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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a year ago
Flashbak
Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
11 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
TheCollector
10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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TheCollector
11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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TheCollector
Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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TheCollector
Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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TheCollector
Who Were the Allied Powers?
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12 months ago
History Today Feed
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
a year ago
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
Flashbak
‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
a month ago
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many inner city areas being bulldozed and instant slums being created on its outskirts. It seemed to have learnt nothing from the mistakes I had fought against during the previous decade...
TheCollector
How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
11 months ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
Flashbak
John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
3 weeks ago
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
TheCollector
Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
8 months ago
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
TheCollector
The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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TheCollector
Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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a year ago
Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
5 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
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Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
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Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
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So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
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10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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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...
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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