Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Philosopher Kings
10 months ago
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
a year ago
an island in the maelstrom
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
6 days ago
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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8 months ago
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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11 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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10 months ago
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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9 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
a month ago
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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9 months ago
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The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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9 months ago
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
9 months ago
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
7 months ago
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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11 months ago
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Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
4 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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9 months ago
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The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
9 months ago
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
a year ago
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
Classical Wisdom
Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
2 months ago
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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11 months ago
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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9 months ago
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The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Best of the Best
a year ago
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
3 weeks ago
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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11 months ago
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
2 months ago
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
TheCollector
Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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a year ago
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Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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a year ago
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10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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2 months ago
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What Is Capoeira?
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9 months ago
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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6 months ago
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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3 months ago
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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a year ago
Flashbak
Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
a year ago
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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a year ago
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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10 months ago
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
7 months ago
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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2 months ago
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What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
yesterday
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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Trying to Understand...
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
TheCollector
When Was the First Flight in History?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
2 weeks ago
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
TheCollector
What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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9 months ago
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
4 months ago
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
History Today Feed
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
9 months ago
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
a year ago
It's worse than you probably imagine.
TheCollector
Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
8 months ago
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
TheCollector
Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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9 months ago
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Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
6 months ago
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
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In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
a month ago
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
TheCollector
The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
a year ago
Some lessons from history and archaeology
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
a year ago
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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10 months ago
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
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...
Classical Wisdom
Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
TheCollector
The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
3 weeks ago
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
TheCollector
3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
6 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
TheCollector
How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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Classical Wisdom
Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
a year ago
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
TheCollector
Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
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7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
5 days ago
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
TheCollector
Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
2 months ago
Plato on Political Polarization
Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
TheCollector
10 South American Artists You Should Know
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
7 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
a year ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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11 months ago
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that...
7 months ago
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
9 months ago
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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African History...
Join me on Notes
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
a year ago
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
6 days ago
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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History Today Feed
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
11 months ago
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
2 weeks ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
11 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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Flashbak
The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
11 months ago
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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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
6 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
TheCollector
Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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TheCollector
4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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a year ago
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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Classical Wisdom
The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
6 months ago
And the Boundless Universe
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Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
4 months ago
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
TheCollector
What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
TheCollector
10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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3 months ago
Flashbak
American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
2 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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a year ago
TheCollector
Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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a year ago
TheCollector
World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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a month ago
TheCollector
10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Walt Whitman?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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5 months ago
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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3 months ago
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
7 months ago
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
5 months ago
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...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Epics Collection
5 months ago
TheCollector
Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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3 months ago
TheCollector
10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
a month ago
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
TheCollector
6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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7 months ago
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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a year ago
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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TheCollector
Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
a year ago
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
TheCollector
Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
2 months ago
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
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Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
Classical Wisdom
Gaius Marius
... and the Fall of the Republic
11 months ago
... and the Fall of the Republic
TheCollector
The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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Classical Wisdom
Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
a year ago
TheCollector
Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights
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6 months ago
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TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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a year ago
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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a year ago
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
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Do people actually disagree that much?
TheCollector
Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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a year ago
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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7 months ago
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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a year ago
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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Classical Wisdom
Hades
The God of the Dead
a year ago
TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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9 months ago
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
5 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
5 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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TheCollector
The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
a year ago
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
TheCollector
10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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TheCollector
Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
TheCollector
American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
4 months ago
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
10 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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3 weeks ago
Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
a year ago
On cartography as historical argument
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
a month ago
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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7 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
3 weeks ago
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
History Today Feed
The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
6 months ago
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
What Was the Kido Butai?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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a year ago
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