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Calling Time on BC and AD
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
6 months ago
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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a year ago
TheCollector
More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Marathon: 7 Sites & Museums to Visit
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4 weeks ago
TheCollector
10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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10 months ago
TheCollector
6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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TheCollector
10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
5 months ago
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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8 months ago
Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
The decline and fall of the print media.
11 months ago
The decline and fall of the print media.
TheCollector
Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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a year ago
Res Obscura
Why did clothing become boring?
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like...
a month ago
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like when they didn't
TheCollector
Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
TheCollector
Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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a month ago
Overcoming Bias
Decision Selection Bias
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of...
3 weeks ago
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of its most technical issues, one that @metaproph3t also discussed recently: decision selection bias.
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
a year ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
TheCollector
Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Final Call
Class Begins Tomorrow
a year ago
TheCollector
What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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TheCollector
9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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8 months ago
TheCollector
London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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3 months ago
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...
5 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
History Today Feed
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
10 months ago
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
TheCollector
American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
8 months ago
Mothers of the Ancient World
Open Culture
Francis Ford Coppola Picks His Favorite Criterion Movies & Gives Advice to Filmmakers
Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video...
3 weeks ago
Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video label’s finest releases, Francis Ford Coppola speaks of a director who “believed in a film he wanted to make, and used his entire fortune, because the financing system of the time...
TheCollector
Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
a year ago
TheCollector
The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
5 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
TheCollector
Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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a year ago
TheCollector
Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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5 months ago
TheCollector
“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Affection in Philosophy?
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a week ago
TheCollector
French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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11 months ago
Open Culture
Freddie Mercury & David Bowie’s Isolated Vocals for Queen’s “Under Pressure” (1981)
In the summer of 1981, the British band Queen was recording tracks for their tenth studio album, Hot...
6 days ago
In the summer of 1981, the British band Queen was recording tracks for their tenth studio album, Hot Space, at Mountain Studios in Montreux, Switzerland. As it happened, David Bowie had scheduled time at the same studio to record the title song for the movie Cat People. Before...
TheCollector
Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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a year ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Gnosticism?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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10 months ago
Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
a month ago
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
TheCollector
Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
6 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
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
What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Historical Figures in Ridiculous Frippery: Ruff Love For Old Masters
“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you...
3 weeks ago
“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you really were? What if the face you showed the world turned out to be a mask… with nothing beneath it?” — Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes Volker Hermes lampoons traditional...
Open Culture
Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Performed by a Choir of 4,000 Singers
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from...
2 weeks ago
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from Toronto that meets weekly and sings their hearts out. You’ve seen them sing Prince’s “When Doves Cry,” Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” (to honor Chris Cornell), and Patti Smith’s...
TheCollector
An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
a month ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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6 months 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...
10 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...
History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
9 months ago
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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TheCollector
The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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a year ago
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...
11 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...
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Separate History from Myth?
And does it need to be true to be important?
a year ago
And does it need to be true to be important?
TheCollector
What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Chattanooga?
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TheCollector
Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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9 months ago
African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
TheCollector
Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Socrates Matters
New Event: November 22
2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
7 months ago
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
History Today Feed
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
4 months ago
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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TheCollector
5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
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,...
TheCollector
The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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a year ago
TheCollector
September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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10 months ago
Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
a month ago
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
TheCollector
Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
9 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
History Today Feed
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
a year ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Tree Hunter’ by Thomas Pakenham review
‘The Tree Hunter’ by Thomas Pakenham review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/07/2025 - 09:36
2 weeks ago
‘The Tree Hunter’ by Thomas Pakenham review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/07/2025 - 09:36
TheCollector
Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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9 months ago
TheCollector
444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
NEW Event
5 months ago
TheCollector
Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
7 months ago
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
Flashbak
Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
10 months ago
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
TheCollector
The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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6 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?
TheCollector
What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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a year ago
TheCollector
Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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9 months ago
Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
2 months ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
TheCollector
What Was the Chaco War?
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TheCollector
The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
captain what is this
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
TheCollector
Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
5 months ago
Golden Age of Latin Literature
TheCollector
First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Far Out Images from Johann Zahn’s Oculus Artificialis (1685)
“A complete treatment of the construction and use of lensed optical instruments. Presented in three...
a week ago
“A complete treatment of the construction and use of lensed optical instruments. Presented in three fundamentals, that is, bases: the physical, the mathematical, and the practical or mechanical” – Oculus Artificialis Teledioptricus sive Telescopium The German student of light...
TheCollector
7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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a year ago
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
3 months ago
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Hanseatic League?
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
2 months ago
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
TheCollector
The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Monsters of Mythology
Who Made the Top Ten?
2 months ago
Open Culture
Discover the Playful Drawings That Charles Darwin’s Children Left on His Manuscripts
Charles Darwin’s work on heredity was partly driven by tragic losses in his own family. Darwin had...
a week ago
Charles Darwin’s work on heredity was partly driven by tragic losses in his own family. Darwin had married his first cousin, Emma, and “wondered if his close genetic relation to his wife had had an ill impact on his children’s health, three (of 10) of whom died before the age of...
TheCollector
The Collector’s Guide for the Art Fair
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CrimethInc.
Sacrificial Violence and Retribution
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way...
4 weeks ago
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way to understand the different forms of violence that are coming to the fore in our society right now. In the appendix, we offer an incomplete roundup of various responses to the...
TheCollector
Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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TheCollector
How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Games Nations Play.
But they forget the people and the Street.
8 months ago
But they forget the people and the Street.
TheCollector
10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
TheCollector
How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
a year ago
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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TheCollector
Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Caspar Hauser
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
When Was the First Crusade?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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5 months ago
Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
a year ago
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
Flashbak
Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
a month ago
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
TheCollector
The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Educated rage
American polarisation: part 2
2 months ago
American polarisation: part 2
TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
4 months ago
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
TheCollector
Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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7 months ago
TheCollector
5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
a year ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
TheCollector
What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
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Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
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Cynthia was a mannequin who looked remarkably human, in a sort of unusual way before extreme cosmetic surgery became a fashion choice. Created in 1932 by sculptor and retail display designer Lester Gaba (1907-1987) for Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, Cynthia caused a stir. When...
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Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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People of London’s Maida Vale the 1970s and early 1980s
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Bristol Gardens runs between Formosa Street and Clifton Villas and in London’s Maida Vale. Artist and photographer Sheila Burnett has not longed moved to the area when she began to take pictures of the people who lived and worked there. In the 1970s, Sheila arrived in London...
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
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Another of my essays in French.
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Who Was Tertullian?
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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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.
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Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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*my article for ROAPE journal
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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African History...
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Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
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My Substack in Other Languages.
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