Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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TheCollector
Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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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
5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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TheCollector
Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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TheCollector
7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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TheCollector
Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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TheCollector
What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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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
Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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Flashbak
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...
Flashbak
The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
2 months ago
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
5 days ago
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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TheCollector
Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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TheCollector
4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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TheCollector
Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
3 weeks ago
Please help us not to understand.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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Flashbak
El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
TheCollector
The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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TheCollector
5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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TheCollector
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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TheCollector
The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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TheCollector
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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Classical Wisdom
Beyond Stoicism
New Event: January 7th, 2025
6 days ago
New Event: January 7th, 2025
Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
2 months ago
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
TheCollector
How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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TheCollector
Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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TheCollector
Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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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.
Flashbak
Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
5 days ago
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
TheCollector
4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
11 months ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
History Today Feed
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
11 months ago
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
Classical Wisdom
Women of Ancient Rome
The First Roman Empress and More...
9 months ago
The First Roman Empress and More...
History Today Feed
Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
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
Gaius Marius
... and the Fall of the Republic
11 months ago
... and the Fall of the Republic
TheCollector
UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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TheCollector
5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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TheCollector
Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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TheCollector
First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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TheCollector
10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
a year ago
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
Wrong Side of...
Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
a month ago
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
TheCollector
Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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History Today Feed
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
4 months ago
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Prometheus and AI?
a month ago
TheCollector
Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
5 months ago
History Today Feed
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
9 months ago
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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TheCollector
What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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TheCollector
Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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TheCollector
The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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TheCollector
10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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TheCollector
Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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TheCollector
What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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TheCollector
Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
TheCollector
How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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TheCollector
Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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TheCollector
Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
a year ago
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
TheCollector
Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
TheCollector
What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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TheCollector
8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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TheCollector
5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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TheCollector
7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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Classical Wisdom
Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
9 months ago
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
TheCollector
Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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TheCollector
6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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TheCollector
How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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History Today Feed
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
4 months ago
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
Classical Wisdom
Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
11 months ago
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
a year ago
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
Flashbak
The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
2 days ago
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
TheCollector
An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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TheCollector
Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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Flashbak
‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
TheCollector
Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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TheCollector
What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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TheCollector
10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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TheCollector
What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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TheCollector
What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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TheCollector
The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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TheCollector
How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Classical Wisdom
History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
5 months ago
A Different View of Thucydides
TheCollector
Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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TheCollector
Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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TheCollector
The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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African History...
a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
a year ago
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
TheCollector
Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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TheCollector
Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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TheCollector
Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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TheCollector
5 Female Heroes of World War II
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TheCollector
Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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TheCollector
9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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TheCollector
9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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TheCollector
Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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TheCollector
7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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TheCollector
What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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TheCollector
London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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TheCollector
Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
TheCollector
How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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TheCollector
Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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TheCollector
Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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TheCollector
Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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a year ago
Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
a year ago
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
Classical Wisdom
No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
3 months ago
TheCollector
The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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TheCollector
9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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a year ago
Flashbak
Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
5 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
TheCollector
England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
4 days ago
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
TheCollector
Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
11 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
TheCollector
How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
TheCollector
Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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TheCollector
5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time
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Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
TheCollector
7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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TheCollector
What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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TheCollector
When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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TheCollector
Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
a week ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
TheCollector
Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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TheCollector
The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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a year ago
TheCollector
Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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TheCollector
Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
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
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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TheCollector
10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
No More Heroes.
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
a month ago
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
TheCollector
Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Guitar?
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TheCollector
These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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TheCollector
Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
9 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
Flashbak
The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
3 months ago
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
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
Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
7 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
8 months ago
TheCollector
British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Putting Mothers on Death Row
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
CrimethInc.
History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of...
a month ago
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
We...
TheCollector
12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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TheCollector
Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
3 weeks ago
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
5 days ago
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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TheCollector
What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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TheCollector
The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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TheCollector
Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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TheCollector
Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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TheCollector
8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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TheCollector
The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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On the Obscenity of Ovid
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
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The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
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The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
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The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
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In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
TheCollector
What Makes the City of London Unique?
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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TheCollector
Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
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British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
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Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
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Why people should stop talking about conscription.
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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TheCollector
The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
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We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
TheCollector
The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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TheCollector
Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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History Today Feed
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
TheCollector
What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
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A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
Classical Wisdom
The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
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Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
TheCollector
What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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TheCollector
The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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TheCollector
The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
TheCollector
Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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TheCollector
What Was the Chaco War?
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TheCollector
The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
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Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
TheCollector
How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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TheCollector
Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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Classical Wisdom
The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
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War Stoppers and God Makers
TheCollector
The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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TheCollector
History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
a month ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
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“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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TheCollector
Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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TheCollector
The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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Flashbak
The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
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“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
TheCollector
The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
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Again. In a manner of speaking.
Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
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Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
TheCollector
How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
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History Today Feed
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
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Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
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1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
TheCollector
What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
TheCollector
The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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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
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
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Classical Wisdom
Gods Vs Titans
...and the Origins of the Universe
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...and the Origins of the Universe
Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
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And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
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Journal of African cities: chapter 12
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The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
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War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
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Understanding political violence.
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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The world that created Caravaggio
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Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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What Was the First Written Language?
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
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The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
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Ancient Philosophy for Children
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
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