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...
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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
The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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History Today Feed
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Animals of the Ancient World
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Animals of the Ancient World
TheCollector
How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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Flashbak
Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
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When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
TheCollector
The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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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
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
The Great Migration to Bluesky
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The Great Migration to Bluesky
TheCollector
Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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Flashbak
The Prostitutes’ Gaze: The Integrity of Mid-Century Sex Workers (NSFW)
“I take photos to amuse myself” – Georges Thiry Georges Thiry (1906 – 19940 took many pictures...
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“I take photos to amuse myself” – Georges Thiry Georges Thiry (1906 – 19940 took many pictures in his native Belgium. From 1935 to 1975, he produced 40,000 negatives, almost as many contact sheets and a number of prints. His focus was on artist, chiefly Surrealists – René...
TheCollector
What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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Flashbak
Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
2 months ago
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
8 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
TheCollector
What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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Classical Wisdom
Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
TheCollector
How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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Flashbak
Street Shots of New York City in 1978
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“Every day was like being in a scene from a movie set in the city” – George Wright In ‘New York 1978’, British photographer George Wright shows us the city. Having trained as a graphic design at London’s Wimbledon School of Art in the early 1970s, Wright took a class taught...
TheCollector
Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
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Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
TheCollector
Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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Silver Shields: Alexander the Great’s Legendary Elite Troops
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Rituals and Religion
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Belief in the Ancient World
TheCollector
Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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History Today Feed
Calling Time on BC and AD
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JamesHoare
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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TheCollector
Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
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The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
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Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
TheCollector
Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
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10 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
Wunderland Rabbits,...
TheCollector
10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
5 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
11 months ago
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
TheCollector
10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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TheCollector
Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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Trying to Understand...
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Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
TheCollector
Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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Open Culture
Bob Dylan Reads “ ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” On His Holiday Radio Show (2006)
Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex...
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Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex Pistols’ singer John Lydon, former Clash frontman Joe Strummer, former Woody Guthrie impersonator Bob Dylan.… Luckily for me, this ain’t just fantasy baseball; at various times,...
TheCollector
The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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History Today Feed
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
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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.
Flashbak
The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
6 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
TheCollector
Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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TheCollector
5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
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over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
a year ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
TheCollector
The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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Who Were the Axis Powers?
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Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
a year ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
TheCollector
Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
TheCollector
Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
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In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
TheCollector
Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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The Philippine-American War: The US’s First “Vietnam”
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love, love, love
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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...
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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...
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Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
5 months ago
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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TheCollector
What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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TheCollector
What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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TheCollector
Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Changing Seasons
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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TheCollector
Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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TheCollector
Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
a year ago
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
TheCollector
Is Plato’s Republic a Feminist Work?
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Flashbak
Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
8 months ago
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
TheCollector
Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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Sixth-Century Sword Unearthed in Anglo-Saxon Cemetery
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
TheCollector
10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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TheCollector
How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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TheCollector
The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
2 weeks ago
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
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“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
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An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
TheCollector
George Cassiday: Who Was the Man in the Green Hat?
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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TheCollector
The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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History Today Feed
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
2 weeks ago
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
TheCollector
Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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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...
10 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...
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
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New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
TheCollector
Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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TheCollector
How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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TheCollector
Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
9 months ago
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
TheCollector
New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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TheCollector
The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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History Today Feed
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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TheCollector
12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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TheCollector
5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
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Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
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Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
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Some of the world's problems have no solution.
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History Today Review of the Year
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Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
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The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
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Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
TheCollector
Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
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What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
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Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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5 Women in Logic You Should Know
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
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Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
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Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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What Is Nestorianism?
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When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
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Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
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Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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weird medieval guys
Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
a year ago
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
TheCollector
The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
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And stop saying "it's not fair!"
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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Classical Wisdom
How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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TheCollector
How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
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Power laws in criminal behavior
TheCollector
Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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History Today Feed
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
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From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
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“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
TheCollector
Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
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Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
TheCollector
Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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What Is Russian Futurism?
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History Today Feed
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
7 months ago
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
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TheCollector
What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
2 months ago
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
Global Inequality...
The three German fears
Historical origins of the malaise
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Historical origins of the malaise
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Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us...
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Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
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Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
TheCollector
From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
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Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
TheCollector
The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
9 months ago
Corruption in the Ancient World
TheCollector
Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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History Today Feed
The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
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Is more complicated than you might think.
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...
Hidden History
The Story of the Cow
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
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The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
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The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Global Inequality...
Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
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The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
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