Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
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Plato on Political Polarization
TheCollector
Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
10 months ago
Why the liberal project will fail
TheCollector
What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters and Myths
a year ago
History Today Feed
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
5 months ago
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
TheCollector
19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
8 months ago
TheCollector
Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
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.
TheCollector
Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
History Today Feed
The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
9 months ago
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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History Today Feed
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
10 months ago
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
TheCollector
Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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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...
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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Classical Wisdom
ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
TheCollector
Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
3 weeks ago
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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Who Was Vortigern?
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What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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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...
a month ago
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...
Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
a year ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
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
Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
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New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly...
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Classical Wisdom
The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
And the Palace where it was found...
a year ago
And the Palace where it was found...
CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
3 weeks ago
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
Flashbak
42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
2 weeks ago
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
Classical Wisdom
Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
a month ago
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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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...
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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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
History Today Feed
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
12 months ago
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
3 weeks ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
History Today Feed
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
TheCollector
What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
6 months ago
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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What Does the New Testament Say About Hell?
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London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
7 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
5 months ago
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
History Today Feed
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
a year ago
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
TheCollector
Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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History Today Feed
How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
a year ago
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
Flashbak
Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
2 months ago
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
TheCollector
How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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Flashbak
Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
8 months ago
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
Flashbak
1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
9 months ago
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
4 months ago
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
Classical Wisdom
Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
a year ago
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
TheCollector
Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
a year ago
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
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History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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Dreams of Space -...
Santa and The Space Men
It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you. Something about Santa and Flying...
a week ago
It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you. Something about Santa and Flying Saucers seems to go together like White wine and Cracker Jack. Sort of sweet and tangy and gets your attention.
Santa and the Space Men is a play for children about how Santa is...
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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Flashbak
Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
6 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
a year ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
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Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
TheCollector
Who Is Pina Bausch?
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Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sibyls
Ancient Prophetesses
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
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Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
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Laconic wit through the centuries
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
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Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
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Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
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Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
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The Last Day of World War One
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