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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
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Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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A Wasting Asset?
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Elliott Erwitt: A Brilliant Photographer Who Took Great Snapshots
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The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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TheCollector
The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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Classical Wisdom
Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
2 months ago
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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9 months ago
African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
a year ago
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
TheCollector
10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
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Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
TheCollector
Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
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“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
Classical Wisdom
The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
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War Stoppers and God Makers
TheCollector
5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
a month ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
Flashbak
Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
10 months ago
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
TheCollector
5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
TheCollector
Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
2 months ago
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
a week ago
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
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Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
TheCollector
7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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Dreams of Space -...
Searching In Science (1965)
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also...
over a year ago
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also issued booklets of content. These were more astronomy than manned space flight but also had some very nice illustrations.
The Moon
The Milky Way and The...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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Flashbak
Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
a year ago
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
TheCollector
What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Epics Collection
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TheCollector
10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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TheCollector
An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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History Today Feed
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
7 months ago
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
TheCollector
10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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History Today Feed
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
Flashbak
How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
10 months ago
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
TheCollector
Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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History Today Feed
The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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TheCollector
Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
4 months ago
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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Classical Wisdom
Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
a year ago
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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Flashbak
A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
10 months ago
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
TheCollector
1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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TheCollector
Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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History Today Feed
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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TheCollector
6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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TheCollector
Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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TheCollector
Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
9 months ago
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
TheCollector
American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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TheCollector
What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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Flashbak
High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
4 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
TheCollector
10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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TheCollector
World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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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
TheCollector
Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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7 months ago
Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
2 weeks ago
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
TheCollector
Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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TheCollector
What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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3 days ago
Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
11 months ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
TheCollector
Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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a year ago
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.
Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
TheCollector
Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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TheCollector
What Is the Gettier Problem?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
TheCollector
What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Death of a Turkey Legend
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
2 weeks ago
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
a year ago
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
3 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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a year ago
Flashbak
Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
a year ago
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
TheCollector
Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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3 months ago
TheCollector
British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
2 weeks ago
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
TheCollector
What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
12 months ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
TheCollector
Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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6 months ago
TheCollector
9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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11 months ago
CrimethInc.
How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
a month ago
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a hurricane has just torn through the state,...
TheCollector
4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ode to a Grecian Tour
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3 days ago
TheCollector
Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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8 months ago
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