TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
10 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
TheCollector
Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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TheCollector
Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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TheCollector
‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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TheCollector
What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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TheCollector
Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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History Today Feed
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
12 months ago
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
TheCollector
7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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TheCollector
The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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a year ago
Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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TheCollector
How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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TheCollector
Marathon: 7 Sites & Museums to Visit
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TheCollector
Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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TheCollector
German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Populism?
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
TheCollector
What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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TheCollector
The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
TheCollector
Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
5 months ago
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Military Geniuses From History
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
6 months ago
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
TheCollector
Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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TheCollector
7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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TheCollector
Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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TheCollector
British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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11 months ago
Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
a month ago
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
TheCollector
Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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TheCollector
The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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TheCollector
Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
8 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
TheCollector
Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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TheCollector
Luxembourg in WWII: From Neutrality to Occupation
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TheCollector
Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
TheCollector
9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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Classical Wisdom
Why Socrates Matters
New Event: November 22
a month ago
TheCollector
9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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TheCollector
5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
10 months ago
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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TheCollector
Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
9 months ago
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
a year ago
The Original Femme Fatales?
TheCollector
What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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TheCollector
How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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TheCollector
Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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TheCollector
Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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TheCollector
Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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5 months ago
TheCollector
French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
11 months ago
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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a year ago
Flashbak
William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
TheCollector
Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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Flashbak
‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
a month ago
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many inner city areas being bulldozed and instant slums being created on its outskirts. It seemed to have learnt nothing from the mistakes I had fought against during the previous decade...
TheCollector
John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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TheCollector
7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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TheCollector
The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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2 months ago
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
TheCollector
Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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TheCollector
6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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TheCollector
The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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TheCollector
What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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TheCollector
10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
4 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
a year ago
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
TheCollector
Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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TheCollector
What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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TheCollector
Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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12 months ago
Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
6 months ago
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
TheCollector
When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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TheCollector
Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
TheCollector
Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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TheCollector
Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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TheCollector
Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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TheCollector
TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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TheCollector
La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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TheCollector
Carl Jung’s Theory of Archetypes: Major Archetypes, History, Criticism
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3 days ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
TheCollector
Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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TheCollector
5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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TheCollector
11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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TheCollector
John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
9 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
TheCollector
Archaeologists Find Colorful Still Life Frescoes at Pompeii
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Hidden History
The 1914 Christmas Truce
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous...
a week ago
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous events to come out of the First World War. Some have called it the last gasp of the chivalric age of professional militaries and gentlemen officers, to be followed by the full horrors...
TheCollector
Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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TheCollector
Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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TheCollector
Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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5 months ago
Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
a month ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
TheCollector
Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
a month ago
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 -...
2 months ago
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
Words and Worlds: Does Language Shape Our Reality?
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
TheCollector
Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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History Today Feed
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
2 months ago
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Art of the Interesting
a month ago
The Art of the Interesting
TheCollector
Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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TheCollector
Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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8 months ago
Flashbak
British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
2 months ago
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
TheCollector
5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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TheCollector
Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
2 weeks ago
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
TheCollector
Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
Flashbak
Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
5 months ago
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
TheCollector
May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
a year ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
TheCollector
Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
2 months ago
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
Flashbak
László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
3 months ago
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
TheCollector
From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
7 months ago
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Animals of the Ancient World
7 months ago
Animals of the Ancient World
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
TheCollector
American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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Classical Wisdom
Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
a year ago
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
TheCollector
The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
10 months ago
TheCollector
Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Berlin Conference?
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TheCollector
Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
5 days ago
Tjaart’s Substack
The curious case of the missing period
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
10 months ago
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
History Today Feed
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
a year ago
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
TheCollector
5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
a year ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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TheCollector
The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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TheCollector
Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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TheCollector
6 Must-See English Castles
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TheCollector
Who Was George Hodel?
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TheCollector
Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
9 months ago
TheCollector
Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Space Ship to the Moon (1952)
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the...
2 days ago
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the illustrations in this book. The story is OK but the visions of spacecraft, a space station and mining on the Moon are worth seeing. This is a relatively low cost book used so if you like...
TheCollector
Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
3 months ago
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
4 months ago
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
TheCollector
Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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3 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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TheCollector
When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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a year ago
TheCollector
Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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2 weeks ago
Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
7 months ago
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
TheCollector
10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
TheCollector
7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Classical Wisdom
Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
2 months ago
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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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...
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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Lost Battlefield of Alexander the Great Discovered in Türkiye
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plutarch and Pleasure
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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Classical Wisdom
Empedocles
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Flashbak
Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
a year ago
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
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a year ago
an island in the maelstrom
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Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
9 months ago
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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Classical Wisdom
The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
8 months ago
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...
3 days ago
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...
Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
3 weeks ago
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 27, 2024 (Year in Review)
Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year...
a week ago
Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year reflection on the state of the project, along with a brief ‘what’s on the stove’ coverage of what may be coming up. Also, here’s a cat picture: In terms of the project itself, 2024 was,...
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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Classical Wisdom
Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
2 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
10 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
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What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
4 months ago
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
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a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
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7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
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When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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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.
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Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
10 months ago
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
TheCollector
An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
12 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
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After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
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The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
a month ago
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
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4 Important Philosophers of German Idealism You Should Know
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6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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Flashbak
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...
7 months ago
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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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
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And if not, what are the consequences?
History Today Feed
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
11 months ago
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
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Urbanism in the forest region.
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
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***Now Enrolling: Starting January 15th, 2025
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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....
10 months ago
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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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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Weekend Roundup
The Best of the Best
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The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the...
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For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
Hundred Rabbits
captain what is this
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
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‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
11 months ago
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
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