TheCollector
What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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TheCollector
Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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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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In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
Flashbak
In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
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George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
Classical Wisdom
Andromeda: The Beauty of the Mediterranean
Take a Santa Pause
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TheCollector
The Gleiwitz Incident: When Nazis Faked an Attack on Germany
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TheCollector
What Is Conceptual Photography?
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Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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TheCollector
Sufism in South and South East Asia
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
History Today Feed
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
TheCollector
Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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TheCollector
What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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Classical Wisdom
Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
TheCollector
10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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TheCollector
Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
2 weeks ago
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
TheCollector
Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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TheCollector
Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
a year ago
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
TheCollector
Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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TheCollector
What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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TheCollector
7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
4 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
History Today Feed
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
10 months ago
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
TheCollector
Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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TheCollector
The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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TheCollector
How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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TheCollector
What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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TheCollector
Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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Flashbak
New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
a year ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
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...
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“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...
Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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TheCollector
Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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TheCollector
What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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Flashbak
26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
3 months ago
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
TheCollector
Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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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...
a week 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
Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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TheCollector
What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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Flashbak
High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
5 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
TheCollector
6 Assassinations That Changed History
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TheCollector
What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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TheCollector
7 Depictions of War by Famous Artists Everyone Should Know
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TheCollector
Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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Flashbak
Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
3 months ago
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
TheCollector
Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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TheCollector
Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
a month ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
TheCollector
7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
a year ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
TheCollector
5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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TheCollector
What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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TheCollector
Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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TheCollector
7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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Flashbak
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....
12 months 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
The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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History Today Feed
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
2 months ago
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
TheCollector
Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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TheCollector
7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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TheCollector
Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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TheCollector
Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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TheCollector
The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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TheCollector
Who Was Vortigern?
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TheCollector
Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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TheCollector
The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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TheCollector
Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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a year ago
African History...
A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
11 months ago
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
TheCollector
A Brief History of Collecting Art
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Classical Wisdom
A Few Spots Left
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
a month ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
TheCollector
A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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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...
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
TheCollector
Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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12 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Games Nations Play.
But they forget the people and the Street.
7 months ago
But they forget the people and the Street.
TheCollector
Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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a month ago
TheCollector
Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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TheCollector
Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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8 months ago
TheCollector
4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
7 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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TheCollector
The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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TheCollector
What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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a month ago
Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
2 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
TheCollector
6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
3 months ago
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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
TheCollector
What Is First Thessalonians About?
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TheCollector
8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
11 months ago
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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11 months ago
African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
6 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
6 months ago
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
TheCollector
Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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11 months ago
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
Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
5 months ago
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
Classical Wisdom
Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
8 months ago
Does what goes around come around?
History Today Feed
Calling Time on BC and AD
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
5 months ago
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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TheCollector
How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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TheCollector
How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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TheCollector
Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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TheCollector
The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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TheCollector
The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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TheCollector
The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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a year ago
Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
9 months ago
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
a year ago
TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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6 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...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
TheCollector
What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
4 months ago
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
TheCollector
The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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6 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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6 months ago
Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
3 weeks ago
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
***Now Enrolling: Starting January 15th, 2025
a week ago
***Now Enrolling: Starting January 15th, 2025
Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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TheCollector
What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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TheCollector
Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
8 months ago
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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TheCollector
Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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TheCollector
Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
4 months ago
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
TheCollector
How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love and Death
a year ago
TheCollector
Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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4 months ago
TheCollector
5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
TheCollector
Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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a year ago
TheCollector
Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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a year ago
Flashbak
A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
10 months ago
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
a year ago
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
Classical Wisdom
The Many Roads to Rome
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
6 months ago
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
TheCollector
How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
History Today Feed
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
10 months ago
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
TheCollector
6 Micronations You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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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.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
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