African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
TheCollector
Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
TheCollector
10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
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Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
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There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
TheCollector
What Was Kantai Kessen?
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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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,...
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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
The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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History Today Feed
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
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Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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History Today Feed
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
TheCollector
What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
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How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
TheCollector
How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
a year ago
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
TheCollector
The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
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“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
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a year ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
TheCollector
Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
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Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
TheCollector
World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Who Was Julius Caesar?
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TheCollector
‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
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TheCollector
A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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TheCollector
George Cassiday: Who Was the Man in the Green Hat?
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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TheCollector
Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
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Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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Hades
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Death of a Samurai Legend
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
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What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
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Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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TheCollector
When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
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Classical Wisdom
The Many Roads to Rome
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The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over 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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
Flashbak
A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
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Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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Sappho
Fragments of Poetry
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
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Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
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In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
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Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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TheCollector
Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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TheCollector
Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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TheCollector
The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
3 months ago
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
TheCollector
Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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TheCollector
Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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History Today Feed
Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
11 months ago
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
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...
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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
10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
2 months ago
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
TheCollector
6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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TheCollector
Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
Flashbak
Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
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Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
3 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
TheCollector
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
10 months ago
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
TheCollector
How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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TheCollector
6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
7 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
TheCollector
Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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Flashbak
Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
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Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
TheCollector
8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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TheCollector
Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
6 months ago
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
TheCollector
Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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TheCollector
Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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What Is Theodicy?
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
2 weeks ago
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
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JamesHoare
Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:40
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On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:40
TheCollector
Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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TheCollector
How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
2 weeks ago
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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Luxembourg in WWII: From Neutrality to Occupation
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TheCollector
Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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4 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
6 months ago
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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TheCollector
The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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5 months ago
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...
2 days 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...
TheCollector
What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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TheCollector
What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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TheCollector
Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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TheCollector
9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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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
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
6 months ago
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
TheCollector
Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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TheCollector
Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over 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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
Open Culture
Laurie Anderson’s Mind-Blowing Performance of C. P. Cavafy’s Poems “Waiting for the Barbarians” &...
In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as...
3 hours ago
In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as being “set in ancient Rome.” That’s a reasonable interpretation, given that it contains an emperor, senators, and orators, though Cavafy himself said that none of them are...
TheCollector
When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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6 months ago
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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a month ago
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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9 months ago
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
TheCollector
The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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5 months ago
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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a month ago
Flashbak
Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
2 months ago
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
TheCollector
4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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a year ago
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Chaco War?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
6 months ago
Wars and ideology simplified
TheCollector
Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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8 months 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 …...
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 Quotes by Kant Explained
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
a year ago
Winning the day and losing the war.
TheCollector
What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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5 months ago
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The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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a year ago
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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9 months ago
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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10 months ago
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Words and Worlds: Does Language Shape Our Reality?
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3 days ago
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5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
2 weeks ago
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
5 months ago
TheCollector
Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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a month ago
Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
TheCollector
Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
TheCollector
Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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10 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
TheCollector
Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
9 months ago
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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a year ago
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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4 months ago
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The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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a year ago
TheCollector
Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
a month ago
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
TheCollector
The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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4 months ago
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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3 weeks ago
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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9 months ago
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
8 months ago
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
TheCollector
Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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a year ago
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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8 months ago
TheCollector
6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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2 weeks ago
Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
10 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
TheCollector
8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Tertullian?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
10 months ago
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
a year ago
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
TheCollector
5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
3 months ago
Banned Book Week Begins...
TheCollector
Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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9 months ago
African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
5 months ago
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
Open Culture
The Scene That Reveals the Beauty of Classic Hollywood Cinema
1939 is widely considered the greatest year in Hollywood history. Back then, writes 1939: The Year...
yesterday
1939 is widely considered the greatest year in Hollywood history. Back then, writes 1939: The Year in Movies author Tom Flannery, the so-called “Big Eight” major American studios “had a combined 590 actors, 114 directors and 340 writers under contract, each of whom worked an...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over 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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
TheCollector
MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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a year ago
TheCollector
Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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a month ago
TheCollector
7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
TheCollector
5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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5 months ago
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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a month ago
Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
a year ago
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
TheCollector
Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
a year ago
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
TheCollector
What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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7 months ago
African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
6 months ago
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
5 months ago
Workers and Peasants we are not.
TheCollector
The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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2 months ago
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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a year ago
TheCollector
Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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a month ago
Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
2 months ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
TheCollector
Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
TheCollector
Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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a year ago
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
6 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
Open Culture
Read J. R. R. Tolkien’s “Letter From Father Christmas” To His Young Children (1925)
J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The...
a week ago
J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit. Apart from being a celebrated author, the Oxford University professor of Anglo-Saxon was also a devoted father who doted on his children. In 1920, a few short years after Tolkien...
TheCollector
Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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a year ago
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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a year ago
TheCollector
Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
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...
TheCollector
What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
TheCollector
Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
TheCollector
Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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9 months ago
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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5 months ago
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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a month ago
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
History Today Feed
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
a month ago
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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9 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
3 weeks ago
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
TheCollector
What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
TheCollector
Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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11 months ago
Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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a year ago
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