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TheCollector
What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics? undefined
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American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
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You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name     We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s “If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
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“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
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Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England JamesHoare Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
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TheCollector
The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA undefined
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok undefined
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet undefined
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888 On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
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On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
Classical Wisdom
Does Karma Exist? Does what goes around come around?
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TheCollector
Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die? undefined
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Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists undefined
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use? undefined
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
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Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
Classical Wisdom
Emotions: Better Out or In? Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
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Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922 “A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert...
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“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert Mallet-Stevens     In 1924, French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 – February 8, 1945) published La Gazette Des 7 Arts magazine and founded the Club des amis du...
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism undefined
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution? undefined
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue undefined
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Classical Wisdom
The Many Roads to Rome The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
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In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
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Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
TheCollector
What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse? undefined
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African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage "Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
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"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
TheCollector
Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch undefined
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method? undefined
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African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history. Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History undefined
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet undefined
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers undefined
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man undefined
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy? undefined
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips) undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Sappho: The Lost Poetess Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
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TheCollector
What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome? undefined
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold) undefined
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King? Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King? JamesHoare Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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TheCollector
How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt? undefined
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The Death of Clive of India The Death of Clive of India JamesHoare Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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10 Oldest National Parks in the United States undefined
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The First Biographers ...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography? undefined
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night undefined
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How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed? undefined
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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...
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“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
Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain undefined
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking undefined
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Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
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In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
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We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
TheCollector
Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many undefined
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud? undefined
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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist undefined
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars undefined
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded undefined
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Who Was Vercingetorix? undefined
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What Are the Romance Languages? undefined
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States undefined
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting undefined
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn undefined
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know undefined
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union undefined
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained undefined
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks undefined
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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
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists? undefined
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of undefined
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist? undefined
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece undefined
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6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings undefined
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Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes." Here's the answer. What was the question again?
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials? undefined
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History undefined
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation? undefined
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics? undefined
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8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers undefined
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Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic undefined
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore? undefined
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe? undefined
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History Today Feed
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review ‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review JamesHoare Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda? undefined
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African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge. At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
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At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
TheCollector
The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
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We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji. This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
TheCollector
How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy? undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay. But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
12 months ago
Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
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In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
TheCollector
Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World undefined
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered undefined
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Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack undefined
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh “The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
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“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis   We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
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This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
TheCollector
What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes undefined
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Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump Does Donald J.
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African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn. In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
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In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
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...
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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...
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Going to Pieces Slowly... And then what?
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TheCollector
Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland undefined
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid & Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For undefined
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Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S. undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war? Or does war have its virtues?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Celebrate Cicero!
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983 In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
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In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
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This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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Looking Into Science (1965) Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
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Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring) Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
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Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
TheCollector
What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism? undefined
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated undefined
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review ‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review JamesHoare Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
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TheCollector
Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast undefined
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African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903) journal of African cities chapter 9
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death) undefined
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Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021 Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
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Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
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Elliott Erwitt: A Brilliant Photographer Who Took Great Snapshots “The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt  ...
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“The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt   Elliott Erwitt died at his home in New York City on 29 November 2023. He leaves us with remarkable archive of fabulous photographs of the great and good, the many places he visited over...
TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know undefined
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory) undefined
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright undefined
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TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg undefined
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What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness undefined
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements undefined
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African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830) From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy? Count no man happy until the end is known
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Trying to Understand...
Little People With Agency. No, not that Agency.
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China And Russia Walk Into A Room. And don't say a word about Europe.
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Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor? Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
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Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
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In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
TheCollector
Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens undefined
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When Did the Korean War Start? undefined
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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...
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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
Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now undefined
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Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover? undefined
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions undefined
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‘D-Day Has Come’ ‘D-Day Has Come’ JamesHoare Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
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Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959) This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
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This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their encyclopedia. It was also a nice "free" classroom supplement for teachers trying to teach about the coming space age. This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
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Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef. Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye undefined
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects undefined
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre undefined
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections undefined
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It? undefined
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Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered undefined
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture undefined
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know undefined
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson? undefined
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China’s Communist Comic Books China’s Communist Comic Books JamesHoare Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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7 African Myths About Animals undefined
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Flashbak
Denim: The Fabric That Built America Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
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Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
Classical Wisdom
Empress Theodora Saint or Sinner?
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Who Is Hecate in Macbeth? undefined
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
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The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants.     Via University...
TheCollector
What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa? undefined
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide undefined
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African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906 A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy Ursa Major
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History undefined
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained undefined
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World undefined
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History Today Feed
Why Do Religions Decline? Why Do Religions Decline? JamesHoare Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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Global Inequality...
Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious? I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
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I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit undefined
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Who Was Osama bin Laden? undefined
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions undefined
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James? undefined
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Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History undefined
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa? undefined
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t) undefined
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How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World? undefined
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CrimethInc.
How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
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There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a hurricane has just torn through the state,...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup The Nature of Love
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Alice Hunt On the Spot: Alice Hunt JamesHoare Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
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Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo Immigration data kept behind closed doors
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism? undefined
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures undefined
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Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame? undefined
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas? undefined
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024 undefined
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted? undefined
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793 undefined
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview undefined
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