TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
11 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
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...
Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
Flashbak
Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
8 months ago
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
NEW Event
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
History Today Feed
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
3 weeks ago
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
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How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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TheCollector
The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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History Today Feed
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
10 months ago
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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Trying to Understand...
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
Trying to Understand...
A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
What's it going to be, then?
a year ago
What's it going to be, then?
Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
TheCollector
World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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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
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
TheCollector
Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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TheCollector
Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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TheCollector
Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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TheCollector
3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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Trying to Understand...
One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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TheCollector
6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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Flashbak
Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
7 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
9 months ago
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
History Today Feed
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
11 months ago
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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TheCollector
7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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TheCollector
The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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TheCollector
Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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TheCollector
Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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Global Inequality...
Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
2 months ago
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
TheCollector
How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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TheCollector
5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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TheCollector
Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
a year ago
Urbanism in the forest region.
TheCollector
Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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TheCollector
Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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TheCollector
Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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TheCollector
What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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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.
TheCollector
How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
7 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
TheCollector
6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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TheCollector
How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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TheCollector
7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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TheCollector
Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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TheCollector
The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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TheCollector
Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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TheCollector
The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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TheCollector
Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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Flashbak
The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
8 months ago
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
TheCollector
Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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Classical Wisdom
Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
2 weeks ago
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
TheCollector
What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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TheCollector
How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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TheCollector
‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
a year ago
TheCollector
Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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TheCollector
What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
2 months ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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TheCollector
The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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TheCollector
Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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a year ago
Flashbak
Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
TheCollector
The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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TheCollector
What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
a week ago
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
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.
TheCollector
The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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TheCollector
Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
a year ago
...and the feared Persian Army
African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
2 months ago
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
3 weeks ago
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
a year ago
It's worse than you probably imagine.
Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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Flashbak
Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
a year ago
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
TheCollector
Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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TheCollector
Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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TheCollector
Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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TheCollector
Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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TheCollector
What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
2 weeks ago
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
TheCollector
The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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Flashbak
A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
a month ago
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
2 weeks ago
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
Classical Wisdom
What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
2 months ago
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
TheCollector
The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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TheCollector
Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
St. Nick and Saturnalia
4 hours ago
TheCollector
America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
TheCollector
The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
11 months ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
a year ago
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
TheCollector
Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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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...
Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
a year ago
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
TheCollector
Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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a year ago
TheCollector
Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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TheCollector
Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
6 months ago
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
TheCollector
What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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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...
Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
a month ago
Europe turns away from America.
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...
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,...
TheCollector
What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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TheCollector
5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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TheCollector
Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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TheCollector
The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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TheCollector
6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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TheCollector
10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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a year ago
TheCollector
Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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TheCollector
Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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TheCollector
10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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TheCollector
What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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TheCollector
Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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TheCollector
Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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TheCollector
How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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TheCollector
What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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TheCollector
Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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TheCollector
Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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TheCollector
Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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TheCollector
The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Fate and Free Will
8 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
9 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
TheCollector
Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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TheCollector
Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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TheCollector
What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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TheCollector
Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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TheCollector
What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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TheCollector
Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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a year ago
African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
a year ago
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
TheCollector
Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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TheCollector
Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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TheCollector
Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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TheCollector
What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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TheCollector
What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
4 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
10 months ago
The Antikythera Mechanism
TheCollector
How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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TheCollector
Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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TheCollector
A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
a week ago
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
TheCollector
How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
10 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
TheCollector
8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
7 months ago
TheCollector
Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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7 months ago
TheCollector
A History of the United States Senate
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
5 months ago
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
TheCollector
Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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7 months ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
a month ago
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
TheCollector
7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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2 months ago
Tjaart’s Substack
The curious case of the missing period
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
10 months ago
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
TheCollector
How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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TheCollector
10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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5 months ago
TheCollector
TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
8 months ago
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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a year ago
TheCollector
Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
a year ago
Flashbak
Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
TheCollector
Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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4 months ago
TheCollector
8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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2 months ago
TheCollector
When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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a month ago
TheCollector
10 London Museums You Should Visit
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5 months ago
African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
a year ago
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
11 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
TheCollector
What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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TheCollector
George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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a year 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
TheCollector
6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
a year ago
Bringing History to the Future
TheCollector
Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
2 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
9 months ago
Again. In a manner of speaking.
TheCollector
Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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TheCollector
Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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a year ago
TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
a month ago
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
TheCollector
7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
TheCollector
1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
Flashbak
Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
9 months ago
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
TheCollector
The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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TheCollector
6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
3 months ago
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
TheCollector
What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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a year ago
CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
2 weeks ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
Flashbak
A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
2 months ago
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
TheCollector
5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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TheCollector
Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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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...
3 weeks 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
How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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TheCollector
Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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2 months ago
TheCollector
An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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a year ago
TheCollector
Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
5 months ago
TheCollector
Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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a year ago
TheCollector
Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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2 months ago
TheCollector
When Did World War II Start and End?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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9 months ago
Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
2 weeks ago
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
TheCollector
Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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9 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
History Today Feed
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
History Today Feed
In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
8 months ago
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
Flashbak
Highlights of Colour Theory: Illustrating The Mysteries of Light In Colour Whels, Tables, Charts And...
Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known...
6 months ago
Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known as visible light, or light that can be processed and seen by the human eye. It’s a little fraction of all the EM radiation around us. There are many other parts of the EM spectrum...
TheCollector
The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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Classical Wisdom
Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
a month ago
Factoids From the Ancient World
TheCollector
The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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a year ago
TheCollector
Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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a week ago
TheCollector
5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
a year ago
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their encyclopedia. It was also a nice "free" classroom supplement for teachers trying to teach about the coming space age.
This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
4 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
TheCollector
Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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a year ago
TheCollector
Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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TheCollector
How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
10 months ago
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
TheCollector
Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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TheCollector
What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
TheCollector
10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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TheCollector
Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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8 months ago
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