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TheCollector
How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder? undefined
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them undefined
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The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History undefined
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany? undefined
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Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973 Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
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Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation? undefined
3 months ago
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know undefined
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History Today Feed
How Did the First World War Change the Arts? How Did the First World War Change the Arts? JamesHoare Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
TheCollector
The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath) undefined
7 months ago
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How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry? undefined
11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Continue Reading
Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels undefined
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000 undefined
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks undefined
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won undefined
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans? undefined
4 months ago
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery” undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963) I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
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I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen.  I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find  the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
Classical Wisdom
The First Stoic Zeno of Citium
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Chile undefined
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Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm Power laws in criminal behavior
a year ago
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The KGB After Stalin The KGB After Stalin j.hoare Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
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Wrong Side of...
Educated rage American polarisation: part 2
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Weekend Roundup Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
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TheCollector
Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer undefined
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Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles “My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
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“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death     Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
TheCollector
The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History undefined
6 months ago
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature? undefined
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer” undefined
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris undefined
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the...
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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...
TheCollector
Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work undefined
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Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
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Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’  – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
TheCollector
Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth? undefined
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes? undefined
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard JamesHoare Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
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Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas undefined
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire undefined
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million undefined
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What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent? undefined
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome undefined
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Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More undefined
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Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy The Importance of the Civic Bargain
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries? undefined
10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete. You don't need to know that.
9 months ago
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show undefined
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might undefined
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Trying to Understand...
A Clash Of Symbols They are quite serious, actually.
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Easter? undefined
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Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth undefined
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A (Brief) History of the IRA undefined
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain j.hoare Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s “I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
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“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s   Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
TheCollector
What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome undefined
11 months ago
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg undefined
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Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
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Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
TheCollector
Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock? undefined
8 months ago
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review ‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review JamesHoare Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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TheCollector
The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened undefined
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City undefined
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons? undefined
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women Byzantine Bishops at War with Women j.hoare Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
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Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
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In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
TheCollector
How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity? undefined
4 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024 Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
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Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
Classical Wisdom
Forgotten Gods Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Fate and Free Will
8 months ago
Flashbak
The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75 In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
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In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
TheCollector
A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists undefined
a year ago
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like? undefined
7 months ago
History Today Feed
How French Was Medieval England? How French Was Medieval England? JamesHoare Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit? undefined
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets undefined
10 months ago
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World undefined
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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...
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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
Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023 undefined
9 months ago
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture? undefined
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries undefined
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First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2 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.
12 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Aristotle's Politics
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok undefined
4 months ago
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World? undefined
6 months ago
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Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More undefined
10 months ago
Flashbak
Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
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Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War j.hoare Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History undefined
5 months ago
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent undefined
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush undefined
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father undefined
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic? Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic? JamesHoare Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
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Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do! But striking poses is fun and easy.
11 months ago
Flashbak
The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958 Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
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Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
Classical Wisdom
St. Nicholas The Saint behind Santa
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TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History? Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre undefined
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World? undefined
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology undefined
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore? undefined
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
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Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
TheCollector
Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology? undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution JamesHoare Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist undefined
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx undefined
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New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life undefined
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric undefined
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius undefined
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office? undefined
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History Today Feed
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review ‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review JamesHoare Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
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Flashbak
Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973) “I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
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“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals     Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
TheCollector
The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle? undefined
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Changing Seasons
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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.
TheCollector
Sufism in South and South East Asia undefined
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Flashbak
In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s “Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
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“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington on his Living Room project     Time to step back inside British homes in the late 1980s with photographer Nick Waplington’s Living Room series. Published as a book in 1991, the...
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...
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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
6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know undefined
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Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million undefined
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities undefined
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage? undefined
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review ‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’...
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Classical Wisdom
Have We Become Anti-Human? Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
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TheCollector
The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World” undefined
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know undefined
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Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights undefined
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Flashbak
In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
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Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In  Your Face. Like Mark...
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster And Most Mysterious...
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TheCollector
Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal undefined
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died? undefined
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name undefined
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick undefined
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy undefined
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies? undefined
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Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7 Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
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Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
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...
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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 Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
TheCollector
Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It undefined
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Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper undefined
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown? undefined
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw undefined
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Handle Anxiety? Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire undefined
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10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts undefined
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Sex Before Sex Education Sex Before Sex Education JamesHoare Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings undefined
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Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate undefined
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades undefined
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October? undefined
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans? undefined
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving? undefined
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Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963? An experiment with historical simulation
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World undefined
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting undefined
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What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx undefined
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and... For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
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For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
TheCollector
4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War undefined
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History Today Feed
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review ‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review JamesHoare Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
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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 100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
TheCollector
D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer undefined
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Flashbak
Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History “At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
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“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
History Today Feed
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book The Lost Tudor Domesday Book JamesHoare Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
TheCollector
Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger? undefined
3 months ago
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian? What Use is Prehistory to the Historian? JamesHoare Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
6 months ago
TheCollector
Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief undefined
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A Collection of...
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...
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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...
Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large... For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
TheCollector
The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality undefined
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959) Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
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Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base". Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best? Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
TheCollector
Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work undefined
9 months ago
A Collection of...
Comes the Hiatus, 2024! Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
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Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now. Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy undefined
7 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places undefined
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African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa. Africa's past carved in ivory
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The Sense Of An Ending. But right back where we started from.
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There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
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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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This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
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Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
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Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
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Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
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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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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln “I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
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“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln     The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
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Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
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The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a  “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
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This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
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Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
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It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
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It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
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Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here. The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again We...
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