TheCollector
How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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5 Military Geniuses From History
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Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
3 weeks ago
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
TheCollector
Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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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.
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an African kingdom in southern Italy.
TheCollector
8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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Weekend Roundup
Blindspots and Biographies
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Blindspots and Biographies
TheCollector
How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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History Today Feed
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
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The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
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Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
TheCollector
5 Famous Black Mexicans
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TheCollector
Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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TheCollector
Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
a month ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
TheCollector
6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
History Today Feed
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
TheCollector
The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
Flashbak
Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
3 months ago
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
Flashbak
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...
Flashbak
1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
TheCollector
Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
7 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
a year ago
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
TheCollector
Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
7 months ago
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
TheCollector
The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
7 months ago
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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4 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
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
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Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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Final Call
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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History Today Feed
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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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
A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
4 months ago
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
TheCollector
The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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The Electoral College Explained
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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Flashbak
Stock Car Racing in 1972
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
a month ago
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
TheCollector
Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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12 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
TheCollector
Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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TheCollector
A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
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
History Today Feed
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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TheCollector
The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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TheCollector
World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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TheCollector
The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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TheCollector
5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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TheCollector
What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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TheCollector
Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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TheCollector
What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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TheCollector
Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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TheCollector
What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
TheCollector
What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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TheCollector
Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
3 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
a year ago
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
TheCollector
The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
4 months ago
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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Classical Wisdom
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Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
a year ago
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
TheCollector
Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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TheCollector
Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
Classical Wisdom
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The Life of Plato
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
a year ago
And what happens when we don’t?
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
And Most Mysterious...
2 months ago
TheCollector
The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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a year ago
Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 6
TheCollector
The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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TheCollector
John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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Trying to Understand...
No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
TheCollector
Who Were the Allied Powers?
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
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What Is the Didache?
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TheCollector
The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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Classical Wisdom
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Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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TheCollector
The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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TheCollector
What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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Flashbak
Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
8 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
TheCollector
Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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TheCollector
Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
TheCollector
The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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2 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
11 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
TheCollector
Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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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...
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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...
History Today Feed
The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
Begins in Two Weeks
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A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
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“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
TheCollector
Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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TheCollector
Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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7 months ago
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
6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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Classical Wisdom
Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
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Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
TheCollector
11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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9 months ago
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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TheCollector
The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
a month ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
History Today Feed
The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
9 months ago
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
TheCollector
What Is Nestorianism?
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2 months ago
A Collection of...
Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
3 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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Flashbak
Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
4 months ago
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Tolkien and Plato
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
3 months ago
Banned Book Week Begins...
TheCollector
What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Ode to a Grecian Tour
Seats Still Available
3 days ago
TheCollector
6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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8 months ago
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
4 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
TheCollector
10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
10 months ago
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
TheCollector
Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
10 months ago
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
7 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
TheCollector
What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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TheCollector
8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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TheCollector
Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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Flashbak
Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
a week ago
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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History Today Feed
US President or American Caesar?
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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What Are Conlangs?
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The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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4 months ago
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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3 months ago
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...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
12 months ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
TheCollector
Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
TheCollector
Who Was Eusebius?
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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
Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
a year ago
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
TheCollector
6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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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.
TheCollector
8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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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
What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
4 days ago
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
TheCollector
9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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TheCollector
Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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4 months ago
Flashbak
British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
5 months ago
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
TheCollector
The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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Flashbak
Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
2 months ago
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
4 months ago
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
Flashbak
Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
History Today Feed
How French Was Medieval England?
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
11 months ago
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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9 months ago
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How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
9 months ago
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
TheCollector
Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
4 months ago
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
9 months ago
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
History Today Feed
Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
Flashbak
Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
3 months ago
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
TheCollector
The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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What Are the Romance Languages?
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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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a year ago
Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
a year ago
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
5 months ago
A book review from the future.
Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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2 months ago
weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
a year ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
TheCollector
Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
a month ago
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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8 months ago
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
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