TheCollector
10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
undefined
2 weeks ago
Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
a month ago
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
TheCollector
5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
undefined
9 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at...
3 months ago
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
TheCollector
How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
undefined
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
5 months ago
Without living forever in fear and worry?
Classical Wisdom
The First Biographers
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
a year ago
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
10 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
TheCollector
UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
TheCollector
Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
undefined
6 months ago
Flashbak
London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm...
9 months ago
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm (22 June 1924 – 15 March 2023) was born Dorothea Israelit in June 1924 in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), to a Jewish German-speaking family. In 1939 she was...
TheCollector
Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
undefined
8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
6 months ago
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
TheCollector
Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights
undefined
6 months ago
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...
Flashbak
Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
2 months ago
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
TheCollector
The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
undefined
2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
9 months ago
TheCollector
History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
undefined
a month ago
Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
a year ago
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
History Today Feed
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
2 months ago
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
TheCollector
Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
undefined
a month ago
Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
TheCollector
New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
undefined
a month ago
Flashbak
42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
3 days ago
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
TheCollector
10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
undefined
a week ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
TheCollector
Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
TheCollector
Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
Who Was Clement of Rome?
undefined
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
4 months ago
TheCollector
Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
undefined
4 months ago
Flashbak
Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
7 months ago
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Philosopher Kings
10 months ago
TheCollector
4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Atheism Dispute?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
undefined
2 months ago
Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
Most of them are not from 2023
a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
8 months ago
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
TheCollector
What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
undefined
a month ago
Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
6 days ago
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
History Today Feed
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
7 months ago
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
undefined
6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
TheCollector
How Did Socrates View Democracy?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
undefined
5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
a year ago
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
Flashbak
Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
TheCollector
Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
undefined
3 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
3 weeks ago
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
a week ago
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
TheCollector
Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
undefined
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Early Years of Jesus
a year ago
TheCollector
How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
undefined
2 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
2 months ago
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
Classical Wisdom
Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
a month ago
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
TheCollector
Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
undefined
a year ago
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
8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
undefined
8 months ago
History Today Feed
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
4 months ago
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Fate and Free Will
8 months ago
TheCollector
Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
undefined
2 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
TheCollector
Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
undefined
a month ago
Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
7 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
TheCollector
Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
undefined
7 months ago
African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
a year ago
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
TheCollector
Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
undefined
10 months ago
History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
9 months ago
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
TheCollector
Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
undefined
7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
a year ago
The Original Femme Fatales?
TheCollector
Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
undefined
3 months ago
History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
9 months ago
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
undefined
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Introducing....Classical Wisdom Books!
Plus... Merch!
a year ago
TheCollector
3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
undefined
9 months ago
Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
5 days ago
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
TheCollector
England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
undefined
9 months ago
Flashbak
Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
4 months ago
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
TheCollector
What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
undefined
2 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Wright Brothers?
undefined
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato and Atlantis
10 months ago
TheCollector
Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
undefined
11 months ago
Flashbak
Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
TheCollector
What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
undefined
6 months ago
Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
9 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
TheCollector
10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
undefined
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
Wunderland Rabbits,...
Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
TheCollector
7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
undefined
9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
undefined
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
TheCollector
What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Athanasius?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Oscar Wilde?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
2 weeks ago
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 - 15:56
TheCollector
The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
undefined
3 weeks 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
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...
TheCollector
Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
undefined
6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
TheCollector
Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
undefined
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
undefined
3 months ago
History Today Feed
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
4 months ago
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
TheCollector
What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
undefined
13 hours ago
TheCollector
8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
undefined
a month ago
Classical Wisdom
The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
5 months ago
TheCollector
Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
undefined
4 months ago
African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
2 weeks ago
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
Classical Wisdom
Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
a year ago
Art of the Hellenistic Period
Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
a week ago
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
Flashbak
Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’...
8 months ago
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’ received by George King from space, 1954 On May 8th 1954, London taxi driver George King was doing the household chores when he heard a voice. What came to be known as “The Command”...
TheCollector
The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
undefined
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
5 days ago
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
TheCollector
Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
undefined
2 months ago
Flashbak
Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
a year ago
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
TheCollector
Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
undefined
4 months ago
Flashbak
Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime ...
10 months ago
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime Richard Klein, Professor of French at Cornell University and editor of Diacritics, quit smoking while writing Cigarettes Are Sublime and has been nicotine-free ever since. So do...
TheCollector
The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
undefined
4 months 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
History Today Feed
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
4 months ago
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
undefined
a month ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
3 months ago
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
African History...
A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
11 months ago
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
TheCollector
Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
undefined
6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
TheCollector
Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
undefined
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
6 months ago
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
a week ago
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
undefined
3 months ago
Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
TheCollector
7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
undefined
4 weeks ago
Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
a week ago
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
3 months ago
Banned Book Week Begins...
African History...
a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
7 months ago
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
TheCollector
FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
undefined
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
2 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
TheCollector
“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the First Written Language?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
What Is Second Thessalonians About?
undefined
a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Religion in the Olympics
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
4 months ago
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
TheCollector
What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
undefined
a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
a year ago
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
TheCollector
Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
undefined
2 months ago
History Today Feed
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
2 months ago
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
TheCollector
Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
undefined
a year ago
Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
5 months ago
Wars and ideology simplified
African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
a year ago
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
TheCollector
Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
undefined
a month ago
History Today Feed
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
11 months ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
undefined
4 weeks ago
TheCollector
Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
When Was the First Crusade?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
undefined
8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 weeks 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
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
5 days ago
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
undefined
9 months ago
African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
a year ago
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
Flashbak
Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
2 months ago
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
TheCollector
How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
undefined
a week ago
History Today Feed
How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
3 weeks ago
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
TheCollector
Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
undefined
15 hours ago
TheCollector
What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
undefined
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
10 months ago
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
TheCollector
What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
undefined
a year ago
Full Width 
Shortcuts 
Sign Up 
Log In 
Articles 
Reading List 