TheCollector
Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
a year ago
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
History Today Feed
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
Flashbak
The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
6 months ago
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
History Today Feed
History Today Review of the Year
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
History Today Review of the Year
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Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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TheCollector
Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
TheCollector
The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
TheCollector
Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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Open Culture
What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2025: Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner’s The Sound and...
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films,...
2 days ago
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films, musical compositions, sound recordings, works of art, and other pieces of intellectual property. This year happens to be an especially notable one for connoisseurs of Belgian...
TheCollector
The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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TheCollector
Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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Who Were the Important Jewish Philosophers of the Medieval Period?
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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Open Culture
Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Performed by a Choir of 4,000 Singers
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from...
2 hours ago
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from Toronto that meets weekly and sings their hearts out. You’ve seen them sing Prince’s “When Doves Cry,” Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” (to honor Chris Cornell), and Patti Smith’s...
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
TheCollector
Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
TheCollector
6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
4 months ago
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
History Today Feed
The Value of Wills to Historians
The Value of Wills to Historians
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Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
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The Value of Wills to Historians
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Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
TheCollector
What Turned the Tide in the Battle of the Atlantic?
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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Open Culture
Francis Ford Coppola Picks His Favorite Criterion Movies & Gives Advice to Filmmakers
Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video...
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Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video label’s finest releases, Francis Ford Coppola speaks of a director who “believed in a film he wanted to make, and used his entire fortune, because the financing system of the time...
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
3 months ago
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
TheCollector
Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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TheCollector
Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
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Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
a year ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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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
8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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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
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...
African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
a year ago
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
TheCollector
What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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Do Coincidences Mean Anything? Exploring Carl Jung’s Notion of Synchronicity
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History Today Feed
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
5 months ago
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
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
African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
9 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
TheCollector
Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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TheCollector
What Is the Will to Power?
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TheCollector
The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
TheCollector
Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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TheCollector
The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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TheCollector
Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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History Today Feed
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
11 months ago
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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TheCollector
How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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History Today Feed
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
11 months ago
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
TheCollector
7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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History Today Feed
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
a month ago
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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TheCollector
The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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TheCollector
Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
a year ago
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
TheCollector
8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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TheCollector
How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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TheCollector
Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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TheCollector
“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
7 months ago
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Is an Antipope?
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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TheCollector
The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
TheCollector
Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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TheCollector
Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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TheCollector
The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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TheCollector
Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
9 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
Classical Wisdom
St. Nicholas
The Saint behind Santa
a week ago
Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
TheCollector
An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
a month ago
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
History Today Feed
‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
7 months ago
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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TheCollector
Were Anglo-Saxon Pagans a Threat to Medieval Christian Society?
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TheCollector
Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
TheCollector
Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
7 months ago
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
Classical Wisdom
The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
Classical Wisdom
Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
11 months ago
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
Trying to Understand...
The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
11 months ago
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
TheCollector
Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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TheCollector
Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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TheCollector
Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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TheCollector
Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
a year ago
TheCollector
Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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a year ago
African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
a year ago
an island in the maelstrom
TheCollector
Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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Flashbak
Mazes and Labyrinths: An Illustrated History (1922)
“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” –...
a week ago
“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” – Philip K. Dick, VALIS William H. Matthews leads us through his 1922 book Mazes and Labyrinths from his home in Ruislip in the English county of Middlesex. Compiled shortly...
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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...
TheCollector
The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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TheCollector
8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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TheCollector
Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
5 months ago
Count no man happy until the end is known
TheCollector
What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
a year ago
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
TheCollector
What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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3 months ago
African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
3 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
10 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
Flashbak
Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
8 months ago
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
TheCollector
Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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TheCollector
Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
Flashbak
Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
a year ago
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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TheCollector
7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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TheCollector
8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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TheCollector
Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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11 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
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
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
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
2 months ago
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
9 months ago
Corruption in the Ancient World
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
TheCollector
London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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a month ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
TheCollector
4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
TheCollector
6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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TheCollector
Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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Flashbak
Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
TheCollector
What Treaty Ended World War II?
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TheCollector
Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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2 months ago
African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
TheCollector
Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
7 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
TheCollector
Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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6 Most Common Ethical Dilemmas of the 21st Century
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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Was Jesus a Radical?
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What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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Overcoming Bias
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
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What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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Why Should We Care About Children?
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
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When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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