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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
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TheCollector
How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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TheCollector
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
Flashbak
Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
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Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
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10 months ago
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TheCollector
Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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Flashbak
Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
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Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
Flashbak
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
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Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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TheCollector
The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
TheCollector
Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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TheCollector
Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
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Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
History Today Feed
‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
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‘D-Day Has Come’
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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TheCollector
Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
11 months ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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TheCollector
Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
TheCollector
Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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TheCollector
Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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Flashbak
Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
a month ago
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African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
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In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
TheCollector
The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
History Today Feed
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
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Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
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The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
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Hundred Rabbits
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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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
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Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
TheCollector
What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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Classical Wisdom
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St. Nick and Saturnalia
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Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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Wrong Side of...
The War on the Countryside
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The Shire must be brought to heel
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Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
7 months ago
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
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When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
No More Heroes.
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a month ago
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TheCollector
10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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Classical Wisdom
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is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
TheCollector
Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
a year ago
On cartography as historical argument
TheCollector
10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
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When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
11 months ago
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
TheCollector
Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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TheCollector
Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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TheCollector
George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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TheCollector
Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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TheCollector
What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
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Journal of African cities: chapter 15
TheCollector
What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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History Today Feed
The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
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Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
a year ago
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
Wrong Side of...
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Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
TheCollector
Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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TheCollector
Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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11 months ago
TheCollector
4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
a year ago
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
TheCollector
6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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TheCollector
4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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TheCollector
Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
TheCollector
Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
TheCollector
Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
7 months ago
And Her Controversial Religion
TheCollector
Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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Classical Wisdom
The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
Heraclitus against Parmenides
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Heraclitus against Parmenides
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Women of Ancient Rome
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The First Roman Empress and More...
TheCollector
From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
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Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
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TheCollector
What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
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A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
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Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
a year ago
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
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Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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TheCollector
Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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The End of the World?
a year ago
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Classical Wisdom
How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
TheCollector
Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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TheCollector
Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
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Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
8 months ago
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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What Is the History of Halloween?
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Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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Flashbak
Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
7 months ago
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
6 months ago
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
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British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
a year ago
Augustus and Ancient Religion
Trying to Understand...
The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
2 weeks ago
But who is prepared to admit it?
Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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What Is Theodicy?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
7 months ago
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
a year ago
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
Flashbak
Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
a month ago
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
a month ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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TheCollector
Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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3 months ago
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Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
a year ago
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
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The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
11 months ago
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
a year ago
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
6 months ago
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
TheCollector
Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces of news.
11 months ago
And some bits and pieces of news.
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
6 months ago
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
2 weeks ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
TheCollector
Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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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
Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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Classical Wisdom
Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
3 weeks ago
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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7 months ago
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
10 months ago
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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Classical Wisdom
Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
a month ago
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
TheCollector
New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
5 months ago
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
a month ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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12 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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9 months ago
African History...
A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
a year ago
demystifying an ancient African society
Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
7 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
5 days ago
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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5 months ago
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
4 months ago
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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7 months ago
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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10 months ago
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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a year ago
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The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
TheCollector
Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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4 months ago
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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10 months ago
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