Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
TheCollector
Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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TheCollector
Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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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.
TheCollector
Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
Flashbak
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
6 months ago
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
TheCollector
The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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TheCollector
Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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TheCollector
How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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Trying to Understand...
Useless in Gaza
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
a year ago
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
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
How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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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
Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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TheCollector
The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
Classical Wisdom
The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
Heraclitus against Parmenides
3 months ago
Heraclitus against Parmenides
TheCollector
What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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History Today Feed
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
a year ago
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
TheCollector
A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
a year ago
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
History Today Feed
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
9 months ago
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
TheCollector
What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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History Today Feed
Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
6 months ago
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
History Today Feed
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
8 months ago
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
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.
TheCollector
What Was Cultural Life in the Weimar Republic Like?
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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TheCollector
Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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Open Culture
Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Kurt Vonnegut’s Letter of Advice to People Living in the Year 2088
There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters...
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There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters to the future, then publish them in Time magazine as part of an ad campaign. In fact, that time wasn’t so very long ago: it was the year 1988, to be precise, when no less an...
TheCollector
The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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TheCollector
What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
4 months ago
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
Classical Wisdom
Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
10 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
Wrong Side of...
Hearing the language of Christ on the road to Damascus
Notes on Christian Syria
a week ago
TheCollector
Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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Flashbak
Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
a month ago
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
TheCollector
6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
a year ago
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
TheCollector
Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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Classical Wisdom
Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
6 months ago
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
TheCollector
13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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TheCollector
Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
2 weeks ago
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
TheCollector
10 Forgotten US Presidents
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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A History of the United States Senate
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TheCollector
Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
TheCollector
What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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6 Most Common Ethical Dilemmas of the 21st Century
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
9 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
TheCollector
17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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Dreams of Space -...
Santa and The Space Men
It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you. Something about Santa and Flying...
a week ago
It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you. Something about Santa and Flying Saucers seems to go together like White wine and Cracker Jack. Sort of sweet and tangy and gets your attention.
Santa and the Space Men is a play for children about how Santa is...
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
How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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TheCollector
What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
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TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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TheCollector
Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
7 months ago
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
Classical Wisdom
Three New Year’s Resolutions from Epicurus
An Epic Start to the New Year
4 days ago
An Epic Start to the New Year
TheCollector
How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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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
The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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Flashbak
Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
6 months ago
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 6
TheCollector
Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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TheCollector
Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
8 months ago
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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TheCollector
Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
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...
8 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
Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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TheCollector
What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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TheCollector
What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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TheCollector
New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
12 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
TheCollector
Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
5 months ago
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
TheCollector
What Are the Five French Republics?
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TheCollector
When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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TheCollector
What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
6 months ago
Flashbak
Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
4 months ago
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
TheCollector
What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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TheCollector
Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
3 weeks ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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Flashbak
AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
11 months ago
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
TheCollector
Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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TheCollector
How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
2 months ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
TheCollector
Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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TheCollector
Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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TheCollector
What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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TheCollector
The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
a month ago
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
TheCollector
10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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TheCollector
11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
10 months ago
Why the liberal project will fail
TheCollector
7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
TheCollector
6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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Classical Wisdom
Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
a year ago
TheCollector
The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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TheCollector
Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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TheCollector
The Legacy of Emperor Pedro II: Brazil’s Golden Age
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TheCollector
Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
9 months ago
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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TheCollector
Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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TheCollector
How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Blindspots and Biographies
a year ago
Blindspots and Biographies
Flashbak
Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
10 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
TheCollector
The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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The Metamorphoses du Jour by JJ Grandville – 1829
Told in 73 coloured lithographs, Les Metamorphoses du Jour (1829) by French artist J.J. Gandville...
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Told in 73 coloured lithographs, Les Metamorphoses du Jour (1829) by French artist J.J. Gandville (born Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gérard; 1803-1847) is a satire on the bourgeois middle class of Parisian society in the Romantic period. Grandville’s characters have a human body and an...
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
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Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
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Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors
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This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the Hellenistic army and its Macedonian phalanx and the Romans with their legions. Last week, we looked at the weapons, organization and fighting style of the Macedonian phalanx, the infantry...
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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Conquest and Liberation of Academia
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
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During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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10 Historic Towns Near New York City to Visit
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
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Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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Highlights of Colour Theory: Illustrating The Mysteries of Light In Colour Whels, Tables, Charts And...
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Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known as visible light, or light that can be processed and seen by the human eye. It’s a little fraction of all the EM radiation around us. There are many other parts of the EM spectrum...
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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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...
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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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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
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Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
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Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
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The Life and Work of Pheidias
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
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On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
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Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
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In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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Hidden History
The Story of the Cow
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
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The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
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Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
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A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
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Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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The "New" Ancient City
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Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
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But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
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What is the Soul?
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Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
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Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
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Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
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Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
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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...
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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...
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What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
5 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
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Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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