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TheCollector
Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Cities for Expats Around the World undefined
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TheCollector
How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Relational Aesthetics? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 South American Artists You Should Know undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly? undefined
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Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
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4 weeks ago
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
TheCollector
How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia? undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger undefined
6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961) Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
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a year ago
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....
TheCollector
Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain undefined
2 months ago
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...
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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
Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Where Was Ancient Greece Located? undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism? undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests undefined
a year ago
weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon! oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture? undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Love, love, love
10 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World? undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century? undefined
5 months ago
History Today Feed
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest The Conservative Party Popularity Contest JamesHoare Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
2 months ago
CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
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In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved The decline and fall of the print media.
11 months ago
TheCollector
Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
What is Deus Ex Machina in Film? undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA undefined
2 months ago
Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
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a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
TheCollector
Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review ‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review JamesHoare Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius...
a year ago
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a year ago
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
TheCollector
Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the Word Echo? undefined
a year ago
Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That... Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
3 weeks ago
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3 weeks ago
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
TheCollector
Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado undefined
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong? How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
10 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity? undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Invented the Ukulele? undefined
a week ago
Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid & Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
3 months ago
History Today Feed
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain JamesHoare Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900) Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
TheCollector
American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87 undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Sturmabteilung? undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Rosalba Carriera? undefined
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul? Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
10 months ago
TheCollector
Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793 undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of April Fools’ Day? undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media undefined
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
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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...
Classical Wisdom
ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
TheCollector
Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War undefined
9 months ago
History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance JamesHoare Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
2 weeks ago
Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn Workers and Peasants we are not.
5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war? Or does war have its virtues?
10 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble! This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
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a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights? 'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked) undefined
4 months ago
A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024 Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
TheCollector
Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan? undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
When Was the First Crusade? undefined
7 months ago
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
TheCollector
Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language undefined
4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
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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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant? A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
TheCollector
Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack undefined
7 months 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
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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...
CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
a month ago
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a month ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
TheCollector
Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million undefined
4 months ago
Flashbak
Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
TheCollector
Performance Artist Tags Controversial Courbet Nude with “Me Too” undefined
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Who cares about Homer, anyway? What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
4 weeks ago
TheCollector
Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most? undefined
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967) A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
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a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
TheCollector
Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides undefined
8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
History Today Feed
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves JamesHoare Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
TheCollector
Why Are There Only Four Gospels? undefined
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mysterious Phaistos Disk And the Palace where it was found...
a year ago
CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released! In their own...
History Today Feed
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah JamesHoare Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
9 months ago
TheCollector
Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review ‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review j.hoare Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
History Today Feed
How ASEAN Lost its Way How ASEAN Lost its Way JamesHoare Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions undefined
11 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
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a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
TheCollector
10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To undefined
a month ago
African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup The Secrets of Crete
a year ago
CrimethInc.
The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
a month ago
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a month ago
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs JamesHoare Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Conceptual Photography? undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Samaritans? undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness undefined
7 months ago
History Today Feed
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels JamesHoare Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
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
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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
Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Charming Medieval Villages in Austria to Visit undefined
6 days ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
TheCollector
What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone? undefined
6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break? The international system, that is.
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Athena Myths of Wisdom
6 months ago
TheCollector
Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans? undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art) undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the United States Indian Scouts? undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane JamesHoare Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
7 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
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a month ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
TheCollector
Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus? undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction undefined
4 months ago
History Today Feed
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials JamesHoare Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World undefined
3 months ago
Flashbak
Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888 On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
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On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
TheCollector
8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Leviathan in the Bible? undefined
7 months ago
A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff! Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
TheCollector
Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four JamesHoare Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
7 months ago
TheCollector
Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts? undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women? undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World undefined
4 months ago
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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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...
TheCollector
Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq undefined
10 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...
3 weeks ago
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3 weeks 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...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023 Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
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a year ago
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 …...
TheCollector
Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea? undefined
6 months ago
History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution Britons Caught in the French Revolution JamesHoare Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
8 months ago
TheCollector
11 Greek Mythological Creatures undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Cultural Life in the Weimar Republic Like? undefined
a week ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
a year ago
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a year ago
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams? Should we pay attention to them?
11 months ago
TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides? undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg undefined
10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
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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 100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates? The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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Wrong Side of...
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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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In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
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Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
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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...
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That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
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St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
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New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
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Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space! Clyne,...
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Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
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Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
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Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop.  ...
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