Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
a week ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
TheCollector
Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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Flashbak
Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
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Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
9 months ago
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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History Today Feed
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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TheCollector
James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
10 months ago
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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TheCollector
Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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TheCollector
10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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TheCollector
Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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TheCollector
3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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Classical Wisdom
Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
a year ago
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
TheCollector
What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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History Today Feed
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
6 months ago
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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TheCollector
6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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TheCollector
Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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TheCollector
What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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Trying to Understand...
The Diversity Paradox.
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
10 months ago
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
Flashbak
Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
6 days ago
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
History Today Feed
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
a month ago
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
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
May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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History Today Feed
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
a year ago
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
TheCollector
What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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TheCollector
‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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TheCollector
How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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TheCollector
How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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TheCollector
The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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TheCollector
Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
a year ago
African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
9 months ago
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
TheCollector
Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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TheCollector
6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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TheCollector
Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
a year ago
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
Classical Wisdom
Monsters of Mythology
Who Made the Top Ten?
a month ago
Trying to Understand...
A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
a year ago
They are quite serious, actually.
TheCollector
10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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Flashbak
The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
TheCollector
What Makes the City of London Unique?
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TheCollector
How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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TheCollector
12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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TheCollector
Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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TheCollector
Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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TheCollector
What Is Voguing?
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TheCollector
Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
But right back where we started from.
TheCollector
Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
a week ago
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
TheCollector
Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
10 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
TheCollector
What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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TheCollector
Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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TheCollector
Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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TheCollector
Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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TheCollector
How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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TheCollector
When Was D-Day?
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Flashbak
New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
9 months ago
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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TheCollector
A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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Flashbak
People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
5 months ago
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
TheCollector
How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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TheCollector
Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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Flashbak
Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
5 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
TheCollector
Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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TheCollector
Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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TheCollector
When Did the Korean War Start?
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Flashbak
Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
TheCollector
Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
TheCollector
Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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TheCollector
What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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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
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
A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Capoeira?
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TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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TheCollector
Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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TheCollector
Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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History Today Feed
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
a year ago
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
TheCollector
Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
a week ago
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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TheCollector
The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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TheCollector
The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
5 months ago
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
a week ago
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
Classical Wisdom
[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
Begins in Two Weeks
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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History Today Feed
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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TheCollector
Did Jesus Live in India?
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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TheCollector
“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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TheCollector
Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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TheCollector
The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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TheCollector
Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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TheCollector
Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
3 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
TheCollector
Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
TheCollector
Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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9 months ago
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
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
Flashbak
Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
3 months ago
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
TheCollector
Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
6 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
Flashbak
Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
a year ago
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
TheCollector
Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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TheCollector
Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
TheCollector
Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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TheCollector
Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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TheCollector
8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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TheCollector
The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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TheCollector
Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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TheCollector
American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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TheCollector
Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
a year ago
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
TheCollector
What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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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
What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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Wrong Side of...
The War on the Countryside
The Shire must be brought to heel
a month ago
The Shire must be brought to heel
Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
a week ago
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
Flashbak
Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
a year ago
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
TheCollector
Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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TheCollector
Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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TheCollector
The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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TheCollector
Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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10 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
Classical Wisdom
Final Call
Class Begins Tomorrow
11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
TheCollector
September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
TheCollector
Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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TheCollector
Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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TheCollector
How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
a year ago
Three years late, but historians are always late
TheCollector
Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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Who Was Vortigern?
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TheCollector
A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
a year ago
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
TheCollector
The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
TheCollector
Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
11 months ago
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
TheCollector
7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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TheCollector
Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
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TheCollector
What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
a week ago
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
a year ago
Bringing History to the Future
Trying to Understand...
How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
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The Life and Work of Pheidias
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
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“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
7 months ago
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
7 months ago
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
a year ago
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
a year ago
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
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What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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Flashbak
Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the...
a month ago
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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History Today Feed
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
2 months ago
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Does Marcus Matter?
11 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
a month ago
Do people actually disagree that much?
weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
a year ago
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
3 months ago
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
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New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
3 weeks ago
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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a year ago
Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
a week ago
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
8 months ago
Part One, anyway. More next week.
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Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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Classical Wisdom
How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
9 months ago
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
3 months ago
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
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The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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Flashbak
Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
11 months ago
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
3 weeks ago
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
7 months ago
And Her Controversial Religion
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
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Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
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“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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African History...
Join me on Notes
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
a year ago
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secrets of the Scythians
10 months ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
5 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
History and Myth
a year ago
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Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
a year ago
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
a month ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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