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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
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Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
TheCollector
What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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TheCollector
Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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Classical Wisdom
The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
And the Palace where it was found...
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And the Palace where it was found...
TheCollector
Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
TheCollector
Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
3 months ago
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
TheCollector
The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
TheCollector
5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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Trying to Understand...
Reality Would Like A Word.
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
a year ago
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
a year ago
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
TheCollector
The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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TheCollector
D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
2 days ago
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
Trying to Understand...
A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
TheCollector
What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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TheCollector
6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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TheCollector
Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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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.
TheCollector
5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
a month ago
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
TheCollector
What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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TheCollector
Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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TheCollector
5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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TheCollector
Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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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
Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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TheCollector
Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sibyls
Ancient Prophetesses
a year ago
TheCollector
London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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a year ago
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
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Aristotle
More Than A Philosopher
11 months ago
History Today Feed
The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
6 months ago
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
TheCollector
Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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TheCollector
9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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TheCollector
The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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a year ago
Flashbak
William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
TheCollector
What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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TheCollector
Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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9 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
The Great Migration to Bluesky
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The Great Migration to Bluesky
Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
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The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
TheCollector
When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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TheCollector
5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
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TheCollector
5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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TheCollector
What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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TheCollector
10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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TheCollector
Why Are There Two Virginias?
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
9 months ago
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
TheCollector
Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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TheCollector
Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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Classical Wisdom
The Many Roads to Rome
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
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The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
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The Secrets of Crete
a year ago
TheCollector
A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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TheCollector
7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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Flashbak
Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
TheCollector
The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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8 months 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...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
TheCollector
HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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Flashbak
Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
5 months ago
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
TheCollector
The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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TheCollector
Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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TheCollector
10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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TheCollector
Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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Flashbak
Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” –...
a month ago
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” – Frank Stewart Frank Stewart (born 1949) was 14 when he took his trained his Kodak Brownie on the March on Washington for Jobs in Freedom, otherwise known as the Great March in...
TheCollector
Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
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
What Is Theodicy?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
6 months ago
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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TheCollector
What Was the Kido Butai?
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TheCollector
10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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TheCollector
What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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TheCollector
5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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7 months 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...
Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
6 months ago
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
9 months ago
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844. “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
TheCollector
Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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a year ago
Open Culture
The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks,...
2 days ago
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
Classical Wisdom
Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
10 months ago
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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