TheCollector
How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
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'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
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5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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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.
Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
TheCollector
What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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TheCollector
Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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TheCollector
What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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Dreams of Space -...
Searching In Science (1965)
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also...
over a year ago
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also issued booklets of content. These were more astronomy than manned space flight but also had some very nice illustrations.
The Moon
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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Flashbak
Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
6 months ago
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
Classical Wisdom
Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
a year ago
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
TheCollector
What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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TheCollector
Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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Flashbak
Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
2 months ago
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
TheCollector
How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
10 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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TheCollector
How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
TheCollector
Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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History Today Feed
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
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3 months ago
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Flashbak
Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
6 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
TheCollector
Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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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
Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
TheCollector
Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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TheCollector
8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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Flashbak
A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
a month ago
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
TheCollector
Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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TheCollector
What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
a year ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
TheCollector
Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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Flashbak
L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
5 months ago
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
History Today Feed
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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TheCollector
Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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TheCollector
Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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TheCollector
The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
4 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
TheCollector
8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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TheCollector
Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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TheCollector
What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
5 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
TheCollector
How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
a year ago
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
History Today Feed
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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TheCollector
What Is Voguing?
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Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
TheCollector
Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
5 months ago
A book review from the future.
TheCollector
Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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Flashbak
The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
7 months ago
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TheCollector
Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
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2 weeks ago
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TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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Flashbak
London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
2 months ago
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
History Today Feed
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
What Is the Gettier Problem?
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TheCollector
Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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TheCollector
Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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TheCollector
The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
7 months ago
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
TheCollector
The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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TheCollector
5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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a month ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
2 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
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.
TheCollector
8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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TheCollector
6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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Classical Wisdom
LIVE Event: What is Plagiarism?
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
11 months ago
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
Flashbak
The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
6 months ago
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
a year ago
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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History Today Feed
Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
7 months ago
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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TheCollector
Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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4 months ago
Flashbak
President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
a month ago
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
Flashbak
Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
a year ago
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
History Today Feed
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
a year ago
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
TheCollector
Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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TheCollector
8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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TheCollector
Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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TheCollector
Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
10 months ago
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
Flashbak
The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
2 months ago
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
TheCollector
The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
US President or American Caesar?
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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TheCollector
6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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7 months ago
Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
a month ago
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
Trying to Understand...
The Diversity Paradox.
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
10 months ago
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
TheCollector
10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
5 months ago
TheCollector
Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
a week ago
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
TheCollector
What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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TheCollector
Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
7 months ago
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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TheCollector
Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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3 days ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
TheCollector
What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
TheCollector
The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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TheCollector
10 South American Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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TheCollector
Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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TheCollector
The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Négritude?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
7 months ago
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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TheCollector
What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
a week ago
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
TheCollector
7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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TheCollector
Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
10 months ago
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
TheCollector
Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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TheCollector
MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
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Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
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The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
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Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
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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...
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
a year ago
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
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What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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Classical Wisdom
Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
a year ago
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
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May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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What Is Thatcherism?
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Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5...
3 months ago
“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5 September 1946 in Vsetín) is a Czech photographer best known for his documentary photography. He concentrates on documenting the rural life and people of Czech villages. His...
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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History Today Feed
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
a year ago
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
7 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
8 months ago
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
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Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
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“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
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Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
8 months ago
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
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What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
2 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
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What Is Gnosticism?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
4 months ago
History Today Feed
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
6 months ago
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
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,...
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
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Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
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Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
over a year ago
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
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Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
3 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Where did the time go?
Important Notice
4 weeks ago
History Today Feed
Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
a year ago
But some things are more connected than others.
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
3 weeks ago
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
TheCollector
What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Maths, Art, and the Moon
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Sappho
Fragments of Poetry
a week ago
Hundred Rabbits
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,...
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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a year ago
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Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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11 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
a year ago
Power laws in criminal behavior
Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
a month ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
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Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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4 months ago
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
a week ago
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
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Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
9 months ago
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
5 days ago
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
TheCollector
The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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a year ago
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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a year ago
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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a year ago
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
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
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Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by...
2 months ago
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
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