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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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Flashbak
The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
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Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
TheCollector
Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Beneath the Waves...
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A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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Open Culture
Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Performed by a Choir of 4,000 Singers
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from...
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Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from Toronto that meets weekly and sings their hearts out. You’ve seen them sing Prince’s “When Doves Cry,” Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” (to honor Chris Cornell), and Patti Smith’s...
Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
9 months ago
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
TheCollector
The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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TheCollector
5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 7
TheCollector
What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
a year ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
TheCollector
Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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Flashbak
Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
a year ago
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
TheCollector
Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
a month ago
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
TheCollector
The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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Trying to Understand...
One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
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The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
TheCollector
Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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TheCollector
10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
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Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
TheCollector
Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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TheCollector
What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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Flashbak
Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
7 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
TheCollector
Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
TheCollector
8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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African History...
A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
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demystifying an ancient African society
TheCollector
7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
10 months ago
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
TheCollector
10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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TheCollector
The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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Hidden History
Antarctic Snow Cruiser
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and...
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In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and field work in Antarctica. By 1939 Antarctica remained as one of the last unexplored regions on the planet. Norwegian adventurer Roald Amundsen had been the first human to reach the...
TheCollector
Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
TheCollector
L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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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...
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
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Should you meet your heroes?
TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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Classical Wisdom
What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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TheCollector
What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
Flashbak
Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
11 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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TheCollector
9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
11 months ago
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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TheCollector
8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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TheCollector
Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
TheCollector
Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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TheCollector
Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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TheCollector
Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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TheCollector
Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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Flashbak
Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
5 months ago
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
TheCollector
6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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History Today Feed
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
TheCollector
Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
6 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
TheCollector
How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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History Today Feed
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
a year ago
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
a year ago
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
a year ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
Classical Wisdom
Introducing....Classical Wisdom Books!
Plus... Merch!
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
a year ago
...and the feared Persian Army
Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
TheCollector
Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Animals of the Ancient World
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Animals of the Ancient World
TheCollector
10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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Overcoming Bias
Decision Selection Bias
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of...
6 days ago
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of its most technical issues, one that @metaproph3t also discussed recently: decision selection bias.
TheCollector
Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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TheCollector
Words and Worlds: Does Language Shape Our Reality?
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Flashbak
Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
TheCollector
What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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TheCollector
What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
TheCollector
4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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TheCollector
Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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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...
3 weeks 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
7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
a month ago
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
TheCollector
John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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Classical Wisdom
Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
a year ago
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
TheCollector
Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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TheCollector
Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
TheCollector
9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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Flashbak
A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
10 months ago
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
TheCollector
World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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TheCollector
Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 days ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated the documentation for our various projects.
Left, added support for unicode input(Mastodon).
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Air to Ground...
TheCollector
How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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TheCollector
Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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TheCollector
Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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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.
Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
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A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
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The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
TheCollector
The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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History Today Feed
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
TheCollector
Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
3 months ago
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
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“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
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‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
a month ago
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many inner city areas being bulldozed and instant slums being created on its outskirts. It seemed to have learnt nothing from the mistakes I had fought against during the previous decade...
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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History Today Feed
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
TheCollector
Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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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...
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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
Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
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“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
History Today Feed
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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Flashbak
One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
9 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
TheCollector
Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
3 weeks ago
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
TheCollector
Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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History Today Feed
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
What Is First Thessalonians About?
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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Who Was George Eliot?
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Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert...
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“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert Mallet-Stevens In 1924, French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 – February 8, 1945) published La Gazette Des 7 Arts magazine and founded the Club des amis du...
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
2 months ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
Open Culture
Francis Ford Coppola Picks His Favorite Criterion Movies & Gives Advice to Filmmakers
Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video...
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Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video label’s finest releases, Francis Ford Coppola speaks of a director who “believed in a film he wanted to make, and used his entire fortune, because the financing system of the time...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
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Ancient Philosophy for Children
Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
8 months ago
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
2 months ago
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
a month ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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History Today Feed
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Anya, Joel and Frida at the End of the World!
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Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Anya, Joel and Frida at the End of the World!
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Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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What Were Gustav Klimt’s Composition Techniques?
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
7 months ago
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
Who Were the 43 Group?
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
a year ago
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
5 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
TheCollector
7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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Classical Wisdom
The Great Flood
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
10 months ago
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
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***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
TheCollector
How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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Trying to Understand...
Things Don't Always Get Better.
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
3 months ago
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
5 months ago
Flashbak
Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
6 months ago
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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