Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 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 December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
TheCollector
6 Famous Musicians at the Center of Big Mysteries
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TheCollector
7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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a year ago
TheCollector
Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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5 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
over a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the...
a year ago
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
TheCollector
What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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TheCollector
1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Psychology & Spirituality: Exploring the Intersection With Carl Jung’s Analytical Psychology
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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a year ago
Flashbak
Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
a year ago
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
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Lightning Strikes: William Jennings’ Early Photographs of Elusive Electricity
Anglo-American photographer William Jennings (1860–1946) is best known for his aerial pictures of...
2 weeks ago
Anglo-American photographer William Jennings (1860–1946) is best known for his aerial pictures of his adopted city of Philadelphia and the aeronautical industry, and photographs of lightning. Setting out to prove “lightning bolts were not of the zig-zag form pictured by artists”,...
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.
TheCollector
What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
over a year ago
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
TheCollector
Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
4 months ago
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
Flashbak
Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
a month ago
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
TheCollector
10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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TheCollector
Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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9 months ago
Hidden History
Antarctic Snow Cruiser
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and...
4 weeks ago
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and field work in Antarctica. By 1939 Antarctica remained as one of the last unexplored regions on the planet. Norwegian adventurer Roald Amundsen had been the first human to reach the...
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Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
10 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
TheCollector
From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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TheCollector
Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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TheCollector
Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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a year ago
TheCollector
The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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a year ago
TheCollector
Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Best of the Best
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
4 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
Flashbak
Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
11 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
7 months ago
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
TheCollector
5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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TheCollector
Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites in Utah
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TheCollector
Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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TheCollector
Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Absolute Idealism According to Hegel?
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TheCollector
Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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a year ago
TheCollector
Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
TheCollector
Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
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
History Today Feed
Euripides’ Lost Plays
Euripides’ Lost Plays
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
3 months ago
Euripides’ Lost Plays
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 weeks ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated the documentation for our various projects.
Left, added support for unicode input(Mastodon).
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Air to Ground...
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...
10 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...
TheCollector
When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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TheCollector
An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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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.
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 Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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TheCollector
Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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TheCollector
11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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TheCollector
Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Tolkien and Plato
a year ago
TheCollector
The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
7 months ago
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
2 months ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
TheCollector
The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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TheCollector
4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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a year ago
TheCollector
A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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TheCollector
Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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a year ago
TheCollector
Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
Heraclitus against Parmenides
3 months ago
Heraclitus against Parmenides
TheCollector
Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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8 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Fear Change
Evolution in animals selects not only for static features, like claws, but also for behaviors that...
2 weeks ago
Evolution in animals selects not only for static features, like claws, but also for behaviors that change with context.
TheCollector
10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Quick Notification
In Search of Homer
3 months ago
TheCollector
When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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TheCollector
Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
a year ago
an African portrait of an African society
TheCollector
5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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TheCollector
The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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3 months ago
TheCollector
A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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TheCollector
Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
5 months ago
TheCollector
Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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a year ago
Flashbak
This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
3 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
TheCollector
Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Legacy of Emperor Pedro II: Brazil’s Golden Age
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3 weeks ago
Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
8 months ago
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
TheCollector
The Surprising Origins of Wonder Woman: A Revolutionary Comic History
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4 weeks ago
TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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a year ago
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"
African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
2 months ago
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
a month ago
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
TheCollector
“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classical Wisdom Books
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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11 months ago
Open Culture
In 1894, A French Writer Predicted the End of Books & the Rise of Portable Audiobooks and Podcasts
The end of the nineteenth century is still widely referred to as the fin de siècle, a French term...
a week ago
The end of the nineteenth century is still widely referred to as the fin de siècle, a French term that evokes great, looming cultural, social, and technological changes. According to at least one French mind active at the time, among those changes would be a fin des livres as...
TheCollector
Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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TheCollector
What Does It Mean to Be a Critical Thinker?
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TheCollector
Mangal Pandey: The Spark That Ignited the Sepoy Mutiny
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TheCollector
Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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TheCollector
A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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4 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
TheCollector
William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
2 months ago
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
TheCollector
5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
2 months ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
TheCollector
The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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TheCollector
Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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TheCollector
Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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TheCollector
Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
a year ago
journal of African cities chapter 9
Wrong Side of...
The War on the Countryside
The Shire must be brought to heel
2 months ago
The Shire must be brought to heel
TheCollector
How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the Islamic Golden Age Shape Knowledge and Discovery?
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TheCollector
What Is Year 1 of History? Comparing Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Conventions
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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
Flashbak
François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François...
a month ago
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François Brunery (1849 – 1926), and used as the basis for his work as a painter of so-called “Cardinal Paintings”. His work depicting cardinals of the Catholic church in comical or embarrassing...
History Today Feed
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
8 months ago
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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TheCollector
5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
a year ago
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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TheCollector
Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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TheCollector
Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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TheCollector
Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
8 months ago
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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TheCollector
Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
2 months ago
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
TheCollector
Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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Flashbak
Travels in the Air, 1871
“The balloon was isolated, as if it were in a vacuum; beneath us stretches an immense abyss, above...
a week ago
“The balloon was isolated, as if it were in a vacuum; beneath us stretches an immense abyss, above the infinite expanse of sky” – James Glaisher, Travels In The Air, 1871 Travels in the Air tells the story of balloon travel since the first ‘aerostatic’ flight by the...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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TheCollector
What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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a year ago
Flashbak
Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
11 months ago
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
TheCollector
The Harpies: Beasts of Vengeance in Greek Mythology
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TheCollector
Can Violence Be Justified? A Philosophical Approach
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History Today Feed
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
5 months ago
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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History Today Feed
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
a month ago
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
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...
TheCollector
How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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TheCollector
What Is Appropriation in Art?
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a year ago
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!
TheCollector
What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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TheCollector
British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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8 months 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 ...
a month ago
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...
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.
TheCollector
Secret Renaissance Passageway Reopens in Florence
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TheCollector
Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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11 months ago
Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
3 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
a year ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
TheCollector
What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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TheCollector
Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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TheCollector
Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
TheCollector
The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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TheCollector
How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
a year ago
Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
11 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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Secrets of the Sirens
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
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Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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Do We Need Dress Codes?
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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Summary of changes for September
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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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
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And the centre's not looking too good, either.
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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10 Charming Medieval Villages in Austria to Visit
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
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Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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Free French Bombers Over France
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Free French Bombers Over France
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Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
4 months ago
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
TheCollector
Secrets of the Deep: What Is the History of the Mary Celeste?
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Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
History Today Feed
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
TheCollector
10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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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...
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The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
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And the Boundless Universe
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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American polarisation: part 2
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
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A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
TheCollector
The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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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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The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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History Today Feed
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
Classical Wisdom
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How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
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Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
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How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
TheCollector
10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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over a year ago
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Artemisia of Caria
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Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
TheCollector
Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
TheCollector
The Crazy Cult of Indian Guru Osho Bhagwan & His Mixed Legacy
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6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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Hundred Rabbits
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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TheCollector
What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
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TheCollector
5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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TheCollector
British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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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...
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TheCollector
10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
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How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
a year ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
TheCollector
What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
TheCollector
Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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TheCollector
How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
a month ago
But is there anything there?
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
11 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
TheCollector
How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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TheCollector
The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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History Today Feed
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
Trying to Understand...
Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
a year ago
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
TheCollector
Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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Flashbak
Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
7 months ago
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
History Today Feed
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
9 months ago
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
History Today Feed
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
Flashbak
People of London’s Maida Vale the 1970s and early 1980s
Bristol Gardens runs between Formosa Street and Clifton Villas and in London’s Maida Vale. Artist...
3 days ago
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...
TheCollector
Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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TheCollector
Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
4 months ago
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Rise of ‘Jamesian’ Ghost Stories: Who Was M.R. James?
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History Today Feed
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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TheCollector
The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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TheCollector
Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
7 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
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