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So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
TheCollector
What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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TheCollector
Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
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TheCollector
6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
10 months ago
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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TheCollector
Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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Flashbak
William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Best of the Best
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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TheCollector
Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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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.
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
And the Palace where it was found...
a year ago
And the Palace where it was found...
History Today Feed
Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
6 months ago
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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TheCollector
Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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5 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
a year ago
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
2 weeks ago
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
TheCollector
7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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TheCollector
Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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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
The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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TheCollector
U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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TheCollector
8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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TheCollector
Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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TheCollector
Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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TheCollector
Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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TheCollector
The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
4 months ago
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
History Today Feed
The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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TheCollector
Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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TheCollector
Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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TheCollector
Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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Flashbak
Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
a month ago
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
TheCollector
How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
a month ago
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
TheCollector
7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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TheCollector
5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Early Bird is Ending
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
11 months ago
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
TheCollector
Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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Classical Wisdom
Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
a year ago
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
TheCollector
Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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TheCollector
Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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TheCollector
10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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TheCollector
What Is Solipsism?
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TheCollector
The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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TheCollector
Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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TheCollector
“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
6 months ago
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
TheCollector
7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
TheCollector
5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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TheCollector
New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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TheCollector
Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
a year ago
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
TheCollector
New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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TheCollector
The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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TheCollector
10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
History Today Feed
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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a year ago
Flashbak
Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and...
2 months ago
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
TheCollector
What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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TheCollector
Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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TheCollector
Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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TheCollector
The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
6 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
TheCollector
4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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TheCollector
A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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TheCollector
What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
TheCollector
Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
11 months ago
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
The Great Migration to Bluesky
4 weeks ago
The Great Migration to Bluesky
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
TheCollector
Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
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.
Classical Wisdom
Empress Theodora
Saint or Sinner?
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Tolkien and Plato
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
Flashbak
‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
TheCollector
London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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a year ago
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...
TheCollector
What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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