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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
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Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
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Res Obscura
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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Death of a Samurai Legend
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Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
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In...
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The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
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Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
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What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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Summary of changes for June 2023
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What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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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...
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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History Today Feed
The Indian Citizenship Act
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Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
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Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
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History Today Feed
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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A Few Spots Left
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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History Today Feed
The First Anglo-Burmese War
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Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
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Classical Wisdom
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
TheCollector
How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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Flashbak
A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
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History Today Feed
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
TheCollector
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History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
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Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
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TheCollector
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
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As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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History Today Feed
France’s Long March Against Racism
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
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The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
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Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
Classical Wisdom
Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
9 months ago
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
TheCollector
5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Changing Seasons
3 months ago
Flashbak
L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
5 months ago
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
TheCollector
6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
10 months ago
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
TheCollector
Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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TheCollector
Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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2 weeks ago
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 …...
TheCollector
Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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7 months ago
TheCollector
When Was the First Crusade?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
a week ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
TheCollector
Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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TheCollector
Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
2 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
History Today Feed
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
11 months ago
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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6 months ago
African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
7 months ago
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
TheCollector
The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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2 months ago
TheCollector
How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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2 weeks ago
Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
Trying to Understand...
Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
a year ago
Winning the day and losing the war.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
TheCollector
The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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TheCollector
10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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a year ago
TheCollector
Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
11 months ago
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
TheCollector
Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
3 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
9 months ago
Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
a week ago
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
TheCollector
Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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TheCollector
Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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11 months ago
TheCollector
4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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TheCollector
What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
TheCollector
7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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a year ago
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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TheCollector
The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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TheCollector
Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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TheCollector
Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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TheCollector
What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
a year ago
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
TheCollector
Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
3 months ago
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
TheCollector
Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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TheCollector
5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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TheCollector
What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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TheCollector
Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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11 months ago
TheCollector
French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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8 months ago
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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TheCollector
Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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TheCollector
Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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TheCollector
Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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TheCollector
What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
11 months ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
a month ago
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
8 months ago
TheCollector
Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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TheCollector
Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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TheCollector
The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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TheCollector
Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
a year ago
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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TheCollector
Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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TheCollector
Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
6 months ago
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
TheCollector
How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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TheCollector
The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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TheCollector
The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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TheCollector
Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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TheCollector
What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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TheCollector
Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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Flashbak
Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
4 months ago
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
TheCollector
Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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TheCollector
The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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10 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
What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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TheCollector
The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
6 months ago
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
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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...
3 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...
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A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
10 months ago
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
a month ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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...
3 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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