TheCollector
The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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a year ago
Flashbak
Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
10 months ago
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
TheCollector
What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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TheCollector
5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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TheCollector
3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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TheCollector
The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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a year ago
Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
a year ago
Three years late, but historians are always late
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...
TheCollector
Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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TheCollector
Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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TheCollector
Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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TheCollector
New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
a year ago
TheCollector
The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
TheCollector
The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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9 months ago
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
TheCollector
Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
6 months ago
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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Classical Wisdom
Empress Theodora
Saint or Sinner?
3 months ago
TheCollector
The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
a month ago
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
TheCollector
Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Last Chance!
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
TheCollector
The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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TheCollector
Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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TheCollector
What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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8 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
TheCollector
10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
5 days ago
African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
5 months ago
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
Flashbak
Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
7 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...
TheCollector
What Were the Consolations of Boethius?
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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TheCollector
Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
12 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
TheCollector
What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
5 months ago
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
TheCollector
Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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TheCollector
How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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TheCollector
Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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TheCollector
The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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Flashbak
1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
9 months ago
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
TheCollector
What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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TheCollector
Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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TheCollector
How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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TheCollector
Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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TheCollector
Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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TheCollector
Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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TheCollector
Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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8 months ago
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
TheCollector
Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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TheCollector
How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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TheCollector
10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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TheCollector
The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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TheCollector
Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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Flashbak
Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
7 months ago
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
4 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
TheCollector
The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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Flashbak
High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
5 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
TheCollector
What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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TheCollector
How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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TheCollector
4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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TheCollector
Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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Global Inequality...
Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
2 months ago
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
TheCollector
Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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TheCollector
4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
TheCollector
Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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TheCollector
The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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TheCollector
Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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Flashbak
Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
History Today Feed
‘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’...
3 months ago
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
2 months ago
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
TheCollector
Can Violence Be Justified? A Philosophical Approach
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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
TheCollector
Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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TheCollector
Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
2 months ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
TheCollector
What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
2 months ago
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
TheCollector
Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
5 months ago
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
TheCollector
Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
10 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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TheCollector
6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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TheCollector
Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
2 weeks ago
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
a month ago
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
TheCollector
Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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TheCollector
What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
a month ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
TheCollector
Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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TheCollector
Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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TheCollector
7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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Flashbak
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...
Trying to Understand...
Useless in Gaza
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
a year ago
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
TheCollector
7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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TheCollector
Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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Trying to Understand...
We Are All Civilisational States
It's just that some people don't realise it.
a year ago
It's just that some people don't realise it.
Classical Wisdom
Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
11 months ago
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
TheCollector
An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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TheCollector
10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
9 months ago
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
TheCollector
10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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Flashbak
Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
a month ago
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
TheCollector
What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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TheCollector
6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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Flashbak
The Prostitutes’ Gaze: The Integrity of Mid-Century Sex Workers (NSFW)
“I take photos to amuse myself” – Georges Thiry Georges Thiry (1906 – 19940 took many pictures...
a week ago
“I take photos to amuse myself” – Georges Thiry Georges Thiry (1906 – 19940 took many pictures in his native Belgium. From 1935 to 1975, he produced 40,000 negatives, almost as many contact sheets and a number of prints. His focus was on artist, chiefly Surrealists – René...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
TheCollector
Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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TheCollector
Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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TheCollector
Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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4 months ago
Hidden History
The 1914 Christmas Truce
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous...
a week ago
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous events to come out of the First World War. Some have called it the last gasp of the chivalric age of professional militaries and gentlemen officers, to be followed by the full horrors...
Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
The Great Migration to Bluesky
a month ago
The Great Migration to Bluesky
TheCollector
The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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7 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
2 months ago
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
TheCollector
How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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TheCollector
Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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Flashbak
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...
TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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TheCollector
7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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TheCollector
What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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TheCollector
5 Female Heroes of World War II
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TheCollector
Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
a year ago
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
a year ago
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
9 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
a year ago
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
TheCollector
Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
a year ago
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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