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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
TheCollector
Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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Classical Wisdom
The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
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Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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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...
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
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Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
TheCollector
The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
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Weekend Roundup
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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Flashbak
SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
4 months ago
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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History Today Feed
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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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
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
2 months ago
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
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Who Was Vernon Lee?
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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10 South American Artists You Should Know
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History Today Feed
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
6 months ago
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
TheCollector
How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
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TheCollector
What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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Flashbak
Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
2 months ago
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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History Today Feed
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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History Today Feed
The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
8 months ago
The Prophecies of Merlin
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Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
a year ago
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
History Today Feed
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
6 months ago
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
TheCollector
Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classical Wisdom Books
a year ago
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Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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Flashbak
Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
a year ago
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
TheCollector
New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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TheCollector
What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
TheCollector
Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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African History...
A complete history of Zeila (Zayla): ca. 800-1885 CE.
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
TheCollector
A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
2 weeks ago
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
8 months ago
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
TheCollector
8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
9 months ago
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
TheCollector
Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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TheCollector
Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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TheCollector
Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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Flashbak
42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
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The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
TheCollector
Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
a month ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
TheCollector
History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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TheCollector
Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
TheCollector
Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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TheCollector
US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
6 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
TheCollector
Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
7 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
TheCollector
Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
a month ago
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
TheCollector
10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
a month ago
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
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Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
TheCollector
“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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TheCollector
11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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Flashbak
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...
TheCollector
England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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TheCollector
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
2 weeks ago
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Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Stress
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
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The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
TheCollector
What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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History Today Feed
The Value of Wills to Historians
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
8 months ago
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
3 months ago
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
TheCollector
8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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Classical Wisdom
Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
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This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
TheCollector
Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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Flashbak
Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
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Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
History Today Feed
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Blindspots and Biographies
a year ago
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
a year ago
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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