TheCollector
A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
a month ago
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
a year ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
History Today Feed
The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
undefined
2 months ago
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...
African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
TheCollector
May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Similar Languages?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
6 Assassinations That Changed History
undefined
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
4 weeks ago
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
TheCollector
Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
undefined
4 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
7 months ago
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
TheCollector
Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
undefined
11 months ago
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...
Classical Wisdom
Sappho: The Lost Poetess
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
a year ago
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
Classical Wisdom
Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
a year ago
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
TheCollector
Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
5 months ago
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
undefined
6 months ago
Open Culture
How Leonardo da Vinci Painted The Last Supper: A Deep Dive Into a Masterpiece
When Leonardo da Vinci was 42 years old, he hadn’t yet completed any major publicly viewable work....
a week ago
When Leonardo da Vinci was 42 years old, he hadn’t yet completed any major publicly viewable work. Not that he’d been idle: in that same era, while working for the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza, he “developed, organized, and directed productions for festival pageants, triumphal...
TheCollector
Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
undefined
12 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
8 months ago
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Heracles Captures the Cretan Bull: The Hero’s Seventh Labor
undefined
6 days ago
Flashbak
Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
TheCollector
Russian Revolutionary: Who Was Leon Trotsky?
undefined
5 days ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
8 months ago
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
TheCollector
What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Landsknechts?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
undefined
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
a year ago
History Today Feed
A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
11 months ago
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
TheCollector
Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
undefined
10 months ago
African History...
The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
4 months ago
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
TheCollector
Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
undefined
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
a year ago
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
Flashbak
This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
2 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
TheCollector
Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
undefined
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Life of Plato
9 months ago
Flashbak
Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime ...
10 months ago
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime Richard Klein, Professor of French at Cornell University and editor of Diacritics, quit smoking while writing Cigarettes Are Sublime and has been nicotine-free ever since. So do...
TheCollector
Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
We Are All Civilisational States
It's just that some people don't realise it.
a year ago
It's just that some people don't realise it.
History Today Feed
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
Flashbak
Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
a year ago
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
TheCollector
Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
undefined
5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
a year ago
...and the feared Persian Army
History Today Feed
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
7 months ago
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
TheCollector
Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Carl Jung’s Theory of Archetypes: Major Archetypes, History, Criticism
undefined
3 days ago
TheCollector
Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
undefined
9 months ago
Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
5 months ago
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
TheCollector
Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
undefined
6 months ago
Flashbak
SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
4 months ago
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
TheCollector
11 Greek Mythological Creatures
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
undefined
a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
7 months ago
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
TheCollector
Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
undefined
10 months ago
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...
59 minutes 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
Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
undefined
a year ago
weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
a year ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
10 months ago
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
undefined
3 weeks ago
History Today Feed
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’...
3 months ago
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
When the US Senate Put Comic Books on Trial
undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
undefined
5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
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...
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...
3 weeks ago
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
Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
6 months ago
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
TheCollector
Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
a year ago
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
TheCollector
Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
undefined
4 months ago
Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
8 months ago
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
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...
TheCollector
Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
undefined
5 months ago
weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
TheCollector
Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
undefined
11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
over a year ago
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
Classical Wisdom
The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
8 months ago
War Stoppers and God Makers
TheCollector
Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
undefined
2 months ago
Flashbak
New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
4 weeks ago
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
TheCollector
Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
undefined
a year ago
Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
11 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
TheCollector
Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Phoenician Spoken & Written Language: What You Need to Know
undefined
3 days ago
TheCollector
5 Deadliest Sword Designs
undefined
a year ago
African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
a week ago
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
TheCollector
Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
undefined
5 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
5 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
TheCollector
Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
7 Museums to Visit in Athens
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Where did the time go?
Important Notice
a month ago
TheCollector
Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
undefined
6 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
The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
undefined
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
a year ago
And what happens when we don’t?
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
Flashbak
The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
2 months ago
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
TheCollector
Marathon: 7 Sites & Museums to Visit
undefined
a week ago
Flashbak
The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
TheCollector
Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
undefined
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plutarch and Pleasure
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
undefined
8 months ago
Global Inequality...
Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
TheCollector
The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
undefined
8 months ago
Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
9 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
undefined
2 weeks ago
Flashbak
‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
TheCollector
10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
And Now for Something Completely Different.
Am I me? Are You you? ?
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
TheCollector
17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
undefined
11 months ago
Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
8 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
a year ago
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
TheCollector
Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
undefined
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
10 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
TheCollector
What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
undefined
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
9 months ago
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
a year ago
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
TheCollector
An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
2 months ago
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
TheCollector
10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
undefined
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
a year ago
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
TheCollector
Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
undefined
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
TheCollector
Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
TheCollector
Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
undefined
5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
a year ago
Art of the Hellenistic Period
TheCollector
Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
undefined
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
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...
TheCollector
Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
undefined
5 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
6 months ago
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
5 months ago
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
2 weeks ago
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
TheCollector
How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
undefined
2 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
5 months ago
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
3 weeks ago
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
TheCollector
What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
undefined
a year ago
CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
a month ago
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
TheCollector
What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
undefined
4 months ago
CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
a month ago
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
TheCollector
Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
undefined
6 months ago
African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
a month ago
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
TheCollector
Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Eva Perón: Is She Really a Feminist Icon?
undefined
6 days ago
TheCollector
Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
a month ago
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
TheCollector
Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
undefined
9 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
a year ago
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
TheCollector
3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
undefined
2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
TheCollector
5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
undefined
7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
TheCollector
What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
undefined
9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
6 months ago
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
undefined
a month ago
History Today Feed
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
2 weeks ago
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
Classical Wisdom
Essential Classics
Memorial Sales Ends
7 months ago
TheCollector
Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Kant Explained
undefined
5 months ago
Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
2 months ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
TheCollector
5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
undefined
a month ago
African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
a month ago
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
TheCollector
The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
11 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
11 months ago
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
TheCollector
What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
undefined
5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
TheCollector
Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
undefined
a month ago
Full Width 
Shortcuts 
Sign Up 
Log In 
Articles 
Reading List 