TheCollector
Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
undefined
11 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
10 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
TheCollector
Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
undefined
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
8 months ago
TheCollector
Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
undefined
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
TheCollector
Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
undefined
2 months ago
weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Relational Aesthetics?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
undefined
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
Flashbak
Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
a month ago
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...
Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
6 months ago
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
Flashbak
The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
11 months ago
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
TheCollector
Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
3 months ago
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
undefined
a month ago
Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
5 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
TheCollector
Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
undefined
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
TheCollector
Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
undefined
8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
TheCollector
Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
undefined
5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Roman Empire Podcasts
a year ago
TheCollector
Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
undefined
9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
TheCollector
Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
undefined
4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
TheCollector
8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
undefined
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Final Call
Class Begins Tomorrow
11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
undefined
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
2 months ago
TheCollector
The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Hanseatic League?
undefined
8 months ago
Flashbak
Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
a month ago
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
TheCollector
What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
undefined
8 months ago
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...
TheCollector
The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
undefined
4 weeks ago
TheCollector
Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
undefined
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
11 months ago
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
Flashbak
Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
2 months ago
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
TheCollector
Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
undefined
6 months ago
Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
a week ago
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
Flashbak
At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
6 months ago
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
6 months ago
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
TheCollector
What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
undefined
6 months ago
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...
TheCollector
How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
undefined
7 months ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
8 months ago
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
undefined
3 months ago
History Today Feed
Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
6 months ago
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
undefined
a month ago
Wrong Side of...
Your favourite half-British president
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
a month ago
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
TheCollector
Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
undefined
8 months ago
Flashbak
Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
6 months ago
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
TheCollector
Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
undefined
a year ago
Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
a year ago
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
5 months ago
TheCollector
Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
undefined
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Last Call for Classical Gifts
Shipping Cutoff imminent
a year ago
TheCollector
4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
undefined
11 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
Classical Wisdom
12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
a year ago
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
TheCollector
10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
undefined
4 months ago
Flashbak
Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
a year ago
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
TheCollector
Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Book of Galatians About?
undefined
a month ago
Flashbak
Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
TheCollector
Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
undefined
2 days ago
TheCollector
Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
undefined
a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
3 weeks ago
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
TheCollector
What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
undefined
3 weeks ago
Flashbak
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
6 months ago
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
TheCollector
The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Things Don't Always Get Better.
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
2 months ago
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
TheCollector
The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Anti-Natalism?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
undefined
6 months ago
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
2 weeks ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
TheCollector
Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
undefined
4 weeks ago
TheCollector
Who Was Eusebius?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
undefined
a month ago
History Today Feed
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
6 days ago
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
undefined
2 months ago
African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
.
10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
undefined
a month ago
History Today Feed
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
a year ago
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
History Today Feed
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
10 months ago
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
undefined
4 weeks ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
8 months ago
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
TheCollector
Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
undefined
7 months ago
Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
9 months ago
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
undefined
6 months ago
African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
a year ago
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
TheCollector
Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
undefined
12 months ago
TheCollector
The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
undefined
5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Best of the Best
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Empress Theodora
Saint or Sinner?
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
undefined
10 months ago
History Today Feed
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
undefined
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
TheCollector
The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
What Makes the City of London Unique?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
undefined
3 months ago
History Today Feed
The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
a month ago
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
TheCollector
8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
undefined
4 months ago
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...
Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
TheCollector
When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
a month ago
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
TheCollector
The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
undefined
9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
11 months ago
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
TheCollector
Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
undefined
5 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
undefined
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
TheCollector
How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
13 English Words with Greek Origins
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
undefined
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
a year ago
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
Flashbak
Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
11 months ago
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
TheCollector
What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
undefined
4 weeks ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
undefined
10 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
7 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
TheCollector
Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
undefined
3 weeks ago
Flashbak
Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
a month ago
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
TheCollector
What Makes a Conflict a World War?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
undefined
7 months ago
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...
Classical Wisdom
Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
8 months ago
Does what goes around come around?
TheCollector
Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
undefined
7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces of news.
11 months ago
And some bits and pieces of news.
TheCollector
Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Athanasius?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
undefined
10 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
undefined
6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
2 weeks ago
But who is prepared to admit it?
TheCollector
What Was the First Written Language?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
undefined
a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
a week ago
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
TheCollector
Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
undefined
8 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...
TheCollector
What is Appalachian Culture?
undefined
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
a month ago
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
TheCollector
What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
a month ago
TheCollector
10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
undefined
3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
4 days ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
undefined
5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
TheCollector
What Are the Most Similar Languages?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
undefined
a month ago
Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
11 months ago
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
undefined
4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
TheCollector
Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
undefined
11 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
TheCollector
How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
undefined
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
a year ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
TheCollector
7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
undefined
a year 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
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
Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
undefined
5 months ago
Flashbak
East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
8 months ago
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
TheCollector
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
undefined
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays
From Anya, Joel and Frida
12 months ago
From Anya, Joel and Frida
Full Width 
Shortcuts 
Sign Up 
Log In 
Articles 
Reading List 