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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
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The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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The Life of Aristotle
More Than A Philosopher
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The Year of Failing To Understand.
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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London Olympics and Tony Blair’s Decision on Parthenon Marbles
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
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a year ago
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
TheCollector
Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
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Europe turns away from America.
TheCollector
Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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Classical Wisdom
Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
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Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
TheCollector
Ben Franklin in Politics: The Founding Father Who Was Never President
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9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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Flashbak
Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
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TheCollector
The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
5 months ago
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
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a year ago
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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Flashbak
Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
6 months ago
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
a month ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
TheCollector
UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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TheCollector
6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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The Legacy of Emperor Pedro II: Brazil’s Golden Age
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A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
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The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
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In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
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Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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A (Brief) History of the IRA
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
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Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
History Today Feed
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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Wrong Side of...
Educated rage
American polarisation: part 2
2 months ago
American polarisation: part 2
TheCollector
What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays
From Anya, Joel and Frida
a year ago
From Anya, Joel and Frida
TheCollector
3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
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Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:40
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On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:40
Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
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...and the feared Persian Army
Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
7 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
TheCollector
P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
4 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
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What if the Syrians can’t return home?
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
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When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
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TheCollector
Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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Flashbak
Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
10 months ago
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
TheCollector
Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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History Today Feed
The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
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Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
10 months ago
TheCollector
7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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History Today Feed
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
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...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
a year ago
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...
Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
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Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
TheCollector
What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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TheCollector
Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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History Today Feed
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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TheCollector
What Is Populism?
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
TheCollector
The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
8 months ago
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
Flashbak
Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
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TheCollector
Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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Classical Wisdom
Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
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Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
TheCollector
Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
8 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
11 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
TheCollector
Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
4 weeks ago
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
8 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
TheCollector
Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
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Who Was Eusebius?
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
TheCollector
Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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TheCollector
Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
3 months ago
Banned Book Week Begins...
Classical Wisdom
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Olympics Special
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Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
2 months 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...
TheCollector
Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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TheCollector
7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
TheCollector
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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TheCollector
Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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History Today Feed
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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History Today Feed
Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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Sex Before Sex Education
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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LIVE Event: What is Plagiarism?
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
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With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
4 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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