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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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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....
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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Building Reading Skills (1951)
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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Undersea Base (1974)
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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But can they get their heads round it?
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Things Don't Always Get Better.
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
TheCollector
4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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11 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...
10 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
Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
4 days ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
Classical Wisdom
Introducing....Classical Wisdom Books!
Plus... Merch!
a year ago
TheCollector
“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
a year ago
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
Flashbak
Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
5 months ago
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
TheCollector
Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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TheCollector
What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
11 months ago
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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Classical Wisdom
Ode to a Grecian Tour
Seats Still Available
3 days ago
Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
a year ago
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
TheCollector
How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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TheCollector
Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
a year ago
journal of African cities chapter 9
TheCollector
5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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TheCollector
Why Are There Two Virginias?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
TheCollector
Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
4 months ago
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
Classical Wisdom
Gaius Marius
... and the Fall of the Republic
11 months ago
... and the Fall of the Republic
TheCollector
4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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7 months ago
Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
TheCollector
Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
TheCollector
Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
Who Were the Axis Powers?
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Trying to Understand...
The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
a year ago
We can't get there from here, anymore.
TheCollector
The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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8 months ago
Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
TheCollector
What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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9 months ago
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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TheCollector
International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Anxiety
10 months ago
African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
a year ago
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
TheCollector
What Is Capoeira?
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9 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
5 months ago
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
TheCollector
10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
10 months ago
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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TheCollector
Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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TheCollector
Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
TheCollector
Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
6 months ago
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
TheCollector
The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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8 months ago
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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11 months ago
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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11 months ago
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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a month ago
TheCollector
Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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8 months ago
African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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4 months ago
Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
11 months ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
TheCollector
Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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a year ago
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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5 months ago
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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