TheCollector
The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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a month ago
TheCollector
Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
TheCollector
Silver Shields: Alexander the Great’s Legendary Elite Troops
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TheCollector
5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
2 months ago
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
TheCollector
Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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TheCollector
The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Ides of March?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
4 months ago
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
TheCollector
What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 -...
2 months ago
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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a year ago
Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
5 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
TheCollector
Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
7 months ago
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
Classical Wisdom
The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
7 months ago
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
10 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
TheCollector
What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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Flashbak
Harold Lloyd’s Amazing Christmas Tree
For American actor Harold Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) Christmas was the time to...
a week ago
For American actor Harold Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) Christmas was the time to illuminate his home in Beverly Hills, California, with a magnificent tree. His granddaughter Suzanne says preparation began around Thanksgiving (the fourth Thursday in November), when her...
TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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TheCollector
A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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8 months ago
TheCollector
5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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TheCollector
What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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a year ago
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...
Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
2 months ago
TheCollector
A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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10 months ago
Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
a month ago
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
TheCollector
5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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TheCollector
The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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a year ago
TheCollector
Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
What's it going to be, then?
a year ago
What's it going to be, then?
TheCollector
4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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TheCollector
How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
Flashbak
East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
8 months ago
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
TheCollector
The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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TheCollector
Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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a year ago
Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
6 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
TheCollector
8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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TheCollector
6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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3 months ago
Global Inequality...
Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges
On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
3 months ago
On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
TheCollector
Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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TheCollector
9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
8 months ago
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
TheCollector
5 Women in Philosophy of Mind You Should Know
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Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
3 weeks ago
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
TheCollector
7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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TheCollector
The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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8 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
2 months ago
TheCollector
The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
Flashbak
New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
5 months ago
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
History Today Feed
The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
a year ago
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
Flashbak
Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
5 months ago
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
TheCollector
When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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TheCollector
Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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TheCollector
Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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TheCollector
When Was D-Day?
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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a year ago
Flashbak
Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
3 months ago
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
TheCollector
How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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Classical Wisdom
Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
8 months ago
Does what goes around come around?
TheCollector
6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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TheCollector
Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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TheCollector
5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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TheCollector
Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love and Death
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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TheCollector
Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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a month ago
Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
3 weeks ago
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
TheCollector
Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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TheCollector
Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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TheCollector
Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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TheCollector
Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
TheCollector
The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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TheCollector
Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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TheCollector
What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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TheCollector
L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
TheCollector
A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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TheCollector
Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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TheCollector
Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
2 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
TheCollector
Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
TheCollector
New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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TheCollector
5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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TheCollector
Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
7 months ago
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
4 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
TheCollector
Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
8 months ago
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
TheCollector
Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
6 months ago
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
TheCollector
Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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Flashbak
Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
4 months ago
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
9 months ago
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
TheCollector
10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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4 weeks ago
TheCollector
9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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a year ago
TheCollector
Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
a year ago
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
TheCollector
First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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4 months ago
TheCollector
New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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a month ago
TheCollector
The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
5 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
TheCollector
The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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TheCollector
The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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a year ago
TheCollector
New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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TheCollector
Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
5 months ago
Without living forever in fear and worry?
Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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 week 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...
TheCollector
Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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TheCollector
What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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TheCollector
8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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TheCollector
London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
2 months ago
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
TheCollector
The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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a week ago
Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
8 months ago
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
TheCollector
Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
a year ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
TheCollector
The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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TheCollector
What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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TheCollector
Were Anglo-Saxon Pagans a Threat to Medieval Christian Society?
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TheCollector
Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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a year ago
TheCollector
Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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TheCollector
What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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a year ago
Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
a month ago
Another of my essays in French.
African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
10 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
TheCollector
Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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6 months ago
TheCollector
7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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7 months ago
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
Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
8 months ago
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
TheCollector
‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
5 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
Classical Wisdom
Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Space Ship to the Moon (1952)
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the...
2 days ago
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the illustrations in this book. The story is OK but the visions of spacecraft, a space station and mining on the Moon are worth seeing. This is a relatively low cost book used so if you like...
TheCollector
4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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TheCollector
What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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TheCollector
Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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TheCollector
Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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a year ago
TheCollector
World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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TheCollector
Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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TheCollector
7 African Myths About Animals
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
3 weeks ago
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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What Is Solipsism?
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Trying to Understand...
War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
And not just the fighting bit.
TheCollector
King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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Flashbak
The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
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Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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History Today Feed
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
TheCollector
4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
TheCollector
The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classical Wisdom Books
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
6 months ago
It was all too difficult, finally.
TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
2 months ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
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What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
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In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
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Who Was George Eliot?
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
3 months ago
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
TheCollector
Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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TheCollector
How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
Flashbak
Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
a year ago
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
Open Culture
The New York Times Presents the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, Selected by 503 Novelists, Poets...
For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s...
a week ago
For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s just-published list of the 100 best books of the twenty-first century will summon dim memories of many a once-unignorable critical fuss. At one time or another over the past 25...
TheCollector
Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
3 weeks ago
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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TheCollector
Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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Flashbak
Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
5 months ago
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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What Is Voguing?
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
TheCollector
New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
a month ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
TheCollector
5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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Flashbak
The Metamorphoses du Jour by JJ Grandville – 1829
Told in 73 coloured lithographs, Les Metamorphoses du Jour (1829) by French artist J.J. Gandville...
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Told in 73 coloured lithographs, Les Metamorphoses du Jour (1829) by French artist J.J. Gandville (born Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gérard; 1803-1847) is a satire on the bourgeois middle class of Parisian society in the Romantic period. Grandville’s characters have a human body and an...
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
a year ago
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
TheCollector
The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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11 months ago
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
3 weeks ago
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
TheCollector
Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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TheCollector
Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
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)
Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
10 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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TheCollector
Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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a year ago
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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11 months ago
TheCollector
A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
TheCollector
Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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a year ago
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
Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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TheCollector
Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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a year ago
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
How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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a year ago
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
6 months ago
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
Flashbak
The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
6 months ago
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
TheCollector
Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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4 months ago
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