Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
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Flashbak
Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
TheCollector
6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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TheCollector
Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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Flashbak
Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
3 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
Flashbak
The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
3 months ago
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
TheCollector
Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
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Flashbak
Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
2 months ago
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
TheCollector
Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
a month ago
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
TheCollector
Who Was George Eliot?
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African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
2 months ago
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
Flashbak
The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
3 months ago
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
TheCollector
The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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What Is the Will to Power?
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
TheCollector
5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
5 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
TheCollector
8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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Trying to Understand...
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.
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
TheCollector
Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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weird medieval guys
The coolest medieval woman you've never heard of
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
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Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
TheCollector
How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
11 months ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
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Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
TheCollector
6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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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
7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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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,...
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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
Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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What Is Solipsism?
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
a year ago
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
TheCollector
Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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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
TheCollector
Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
TheCollector
5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
100r.co,...
TheCollector
The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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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.
Classical Wisdom
Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
2 months ago
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
TheCollector
7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Flashbak
Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
a year ago
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
TheCollector
Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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Flashbak
Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
10 months ago
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
TheCollector
Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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History Today Feed
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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History Today Feed
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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What Are the Romance Languages?
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TheCollector
Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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TheCollector
Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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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...
a month ago
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
World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
TheCollector
Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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TheCollector
Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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Flashbak
Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
5 months ago
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
TheCollector
Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
History Today Feed
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
TheCollector
Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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What Are Conlangs?
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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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
Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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TheCollector
Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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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,...
History Today Feed
The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
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Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
TheCollector
What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
TheCollector
Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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African History...
a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
a year ago
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
TheCollector
5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sibyls
Ancient Prophetesses
a year ago
Flashbak
Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
6 months ago
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
TheCollector
5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
a month ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
TheCollector
Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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TheCollector
What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
a year ago
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
TheCollector
Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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TheCollector
Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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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
Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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TheCollector
History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Classical Wisdom
A Book 100 Years in the Making
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
3 weeks ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
History Today Feed
Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
7 months ago
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
TheCollector
Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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TheCollector
What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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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
History Today Feed
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
Classical Wisdom
Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
History Today Feed
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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TheCollector
Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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History Today Feed
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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TheCollector
The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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weird medieval guys
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Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
Flashbak
A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
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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...
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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African History...
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a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
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a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
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Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
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The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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Flashbak
Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
TheCollector
Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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History Today Feed
The Death of Caspar Hauser
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Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
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Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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TheCollector
10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
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This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
A Collection of...
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This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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A History of the US House of Representatives
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History Today Feed
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
TheCollector
A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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Classical Wisdom
Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
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The Silence of the Elephants
Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
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Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
History Today Feed
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
TheCollector
7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories)
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Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
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Journal of African cities: chapter 15
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
TheCollector
The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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TheCollector
Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
Wunderland Rabbits,...
TheCollector
Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
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a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
TheCollector
Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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Classical Wisdom
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The Essential Greeks
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History Today Feed
The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
8 months ago
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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Trying to Understand...
Reality Would Like A Word.
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
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Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
TheCollector
Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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Flashbak
The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
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“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
TheCollector
The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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TheCollector
Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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History Today Feed
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
History Today Feed
The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
a year ago
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
TheCollector
A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
TheCollector
4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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TheCollector
What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
TheCollector
British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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History Today Feed
Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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TheCollector
A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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TheCollector
What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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History Today Feed
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
a year ago
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
TheCollector
Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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TheCollector
Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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TheCollector
How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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Flashbak
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
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Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
2 weeks ago
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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Flashbak
In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
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...
African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
TheCollector
What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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TheCollector
Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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TheCollector
10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
TheCollector
Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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TheCollector
Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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TheCollector
6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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TheCollector
8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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TheCollector
Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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TheCollector
Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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History Today Feed
Why the Organ Split the Church
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
a month ago
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
Trying to Understand...
It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
TheCollector
Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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TheCollector
How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
9 months ago
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
TheCollector
It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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TheCollector
4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
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Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
TheCollector
The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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TheCollector
What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
11 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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