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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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TheCollector
Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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TheCollector
The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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TheCollector
Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
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...
4 months ago
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...
TheCollector
10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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TheCollector
Who Was Eusebius?
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TheCollector
Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
Flashbak
Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
TheCollector
What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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TheCollector
Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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TheCollector
10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
TheCollector
A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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TheCollector
5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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TheCollector
Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Fate and Free Will
8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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TheCollector
Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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TheCollector
Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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TheCollector
New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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TheCollector
Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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TheCollector
Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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History Today Feed
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
4 months ago
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
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a year ago
oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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TheCollector
What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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TheCollector
What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
TheCollector
Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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TheCollector
9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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TheCollector
13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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TheCollector
The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
8 months ago
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
TheCollector
Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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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...
TheCollector
The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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TheCollector
Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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a year ago
TheCollector
Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
2 months ago
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
8 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
a year ago
Journey Into the Labyrinth
TheCollector
The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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TheCollector
Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
8 months ago
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
TheCollector
The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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TheCollector
What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Flashbak
Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
10 months ago
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
TheCollector
How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
Flashbak
Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
a month ago
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
TheCollector
Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
a year ago
Augustus and Ancient Religion
Classical Wisdom
The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
3 months ago
TheCollector
The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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a year ago
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
Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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TheCollector
The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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TheCollector
George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
Most of them are not from 2023
a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
TheCollector
German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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TheCollector
Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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TheCollector
Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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TheCollector
Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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TheCollector
7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
5 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
2 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
TheCollector
Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
St. Nick and Saturnalia
5 hours ago
Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
3 days ago
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
TheCollector
Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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TheCollector
6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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TheCollector
7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
7 months ago
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
3 weeks ago
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
TheCollector
Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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Flashbak
Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
7 months ago
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
9 months ago
Corruption in the Ancient World
History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
a year ago
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
TheCollector
Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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TheCollector
7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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TheCollector
How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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TheCollector
A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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