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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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Summary of changes for May
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
8 months ago
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
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What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
5 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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Flashbak
Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights
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Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
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Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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Wrong Side of...
Your favourite half-British president
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
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We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
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How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
a year ago
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
TheCollector
The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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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...
African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
TheCollector
Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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What Is Thatcherism?
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Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
But right back where we started from.
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
2 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
Flashbak
Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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Flashbak
Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
6 months ago
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Julio-Claudians
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
7 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
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Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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History Today Feed
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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Flashbak
Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
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Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
10 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
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Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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The Essential Greeks
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***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the...
11 months ago
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the Hellenistic army and its Macedonian phalanx and the Romans with their legions. Last week, we looked at the weapons, organization and fighting style of the Macedonian phalanx, the infantry...
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
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What if the Syrians can’t return home?
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
2 weeks ago
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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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...
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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...
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What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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Flashbak
A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
7 months ago
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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Flashbak
1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
8 months ago
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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Weekend Roundup
Love and Death
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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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...
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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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...
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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...
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
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Immigration data kept behind closed doors
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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Flashbak
The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
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In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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Flashbak
Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
6 months ago
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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Summary of changes for June 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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
Flashbak
Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
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The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
TheCollector
Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
a month ago
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
TheCollector
11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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Flashbak
Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
4 months ago
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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Classical Wisdom
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
8 months ago
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
TheCollector
Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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a year ago
TheCollector
When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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7 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...
4 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
The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Theodicy?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
11 months ago
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
TheCollector
How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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a month ago
TheCollector
A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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6 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
a month ago
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
TheCollector
Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
2 months ago
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
Flashbak
Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
2 months ago
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
TheCollector
Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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5 months ago
TheCollector
7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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4 weeks ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
History Today Feed
‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
7 months ago
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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5 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution
Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
a week ago
Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
TheCollector
4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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2 weeks ago
Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
6 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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a week ago
TheCollector
Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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10 months ago
TheCollector
10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
4 months ago
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
TheCollector
What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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4 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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a year ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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11 months ago
TheCollector
7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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6 months ago
TheCollector
6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
8 months ago
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
TheCollector
7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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a year ago
TheCollector
Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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a year ago
TheCollector
Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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9 months ago
African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
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...
TheCollector
Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Allied Powers?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
6 months ago
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
What Is Conceptual Photography?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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10 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories)
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
a month ago
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
TheCollector
Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
2 months ago
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
TheCollector
Who Was George Hodel?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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a year ago
TheCollector
Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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a year ago
Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
a month ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
TheCollector
The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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a year ago
History Today Feed
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
2 months ago
We are lost in a haunted wood.
Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
a month ago
African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
a year ago
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
TheCollector
Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
5 days ago
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
a week ago
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
TheCollector
How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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6 months ago
African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
TheCollector
What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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a month ago
TheCollector
The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
History Today Feed
Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
10 months ago
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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a year ago
TheCollector
Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
9 months ago
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
TheCollector
Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Berlin Conference?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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5 months ago
Flashbak
The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
2 days ago
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
3 days ago
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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a year ago
TheCollector
Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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a year ago
TheCollector
KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
TheCollector
Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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2 months ago
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