TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
undefined
a year ago
African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
10 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
Flashbak
Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
3 months ago
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
TheCollector
What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
undefined
8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
Classical Wisdom
How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
11 months ago
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
History Today Feed
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’...
3 months ago
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
Classical Wisdom
Can Any Good Come From War?
The Tragedy of the Trenches
7 months ago
The Tragedy of the Trenches
TheCollector
How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
undefined
6 months ago
History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
8 months ago
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
History Today Feed
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
undefined
12 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Is Plato’s Republic a Feminist Work?
undefined
22 hours ago
TheCollector
Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Wright Brothers?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
undefined
7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
History Today Feed
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
11 months ago
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
Flashbak
Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’...
8 months ago
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’ received by George King from space, 1954 On May 8th 1954, London taxi driver George King was doing the household chores when he heard a voice. What came to be known as “The Command”...
TheCollector
What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
undefined
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
6 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
undefined
7 months ago
Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
6 months ago
Wars and ideology simplified
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classics Gifts!
a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
undefined
2 months ago
Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
3 weeks ago
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
TheCollector
How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
8 months ago
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
TheCollector
6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
undefined
a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
a month ago
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
TheCollector
How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
undefined
a year ago
Open Culture
Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Kurt Vonnegut’s Letter of Advice to People Living in the Year 2088
There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters...
a week ago
There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters to the future, then publish them in Time magazine as part of an ad campaign. In fact, that time wasn’t so very long ago: it was the year 1988, to be precise, when no less an...
TheCollector
Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
4 months ago
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
9 months ago
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
a month ago
An indispensable organization
TheCollector
The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
undefined
3 months ago
History Today Feed
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
a month ago
Please help us not to understand.
TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Warsaw Pact?
undefined
4 weeks ago
TheCollector
Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
undefined
8 months ago
A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
2 months ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
TheCollector
What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
undefined
a year ago
Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
11 months ago
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
TheCollector
Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Guitar?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
undefined
2 months ago
History Today Feed
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
a year ago
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
TheCollector
The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
undefined
5 months ago
Flashbak
Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
a month ago
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
TheCollector
Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
a year ago
They are quite serious, actually.
TheCollector
Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
3 months ago
TheCollector
Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
undefined
6 months ago
History Today Feed
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
a year ago
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
Flashbak
The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s...
3 weeks ago
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
TheCollector
Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
undefined
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
9 months ago
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
CrimethInc.
Sacrificial Violence and Retribution
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way...
a week ago
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way to understand the different forms of violence that are coming to the fore in our society right now. In the appendix, we offer an incomplete roundup of various responses to the...
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is an Antipope?
undefined
2 months ago
Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
5 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
Flashbak
One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
6 months ago
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
TheCollector
Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
undefined
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Gods Vs Titans
...and the Origins of the Universe
a year ago
...and the Origins of the Universe
TheCollector
How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
undefined
2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
TheCollector
How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
undefined
3 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
TheCollector
The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
undefined
a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
TheCollector
British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
undefined
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
7 months ago
TheCollector
The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Gnosticism?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
undefined
11 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
TheCollector
History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
undefined
a month ago
History Today Feed
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
5 months ago
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Women in Logic You Should Know
undefined
4 days ago
TheCollector
3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
undefined
a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
undefined
4 weeks ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
TheCollector
Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
undefined
a month 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...
African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
a year ago
an African portrait of an African society
TheCollector
Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
undefined
5 months ago
History Today Feed
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
3 weeks ago
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
undefined
a month ago
History Today Feed
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
a year ago
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
TheCollector
What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Heracles Captures the Cretan Bull: The Hero’s Seventh Labor
undefined
6 days ago
TheCollector
A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
undefined
9 months ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
a month ago
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
TheCollector
Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
undefined
a year ago
African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
7 months ago
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
TheCollector
What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
undefined
7 months ago
History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
8 months ago
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
5 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
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
Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Did Surrealist Artists Write?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
undefined
6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
11 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
TheCollector
What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
undefined
a month ago
History Today Feed
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
5 months ago
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
TheCollector
Do Coincidences Mean Anything? Exploring Carl Jung’s Notion of Synchronicity
undefined
a week ago
Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
5 months ago
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
undefined
5 months ago
Flashbak
Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
a year ago
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
TheCollector
11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
undefined
9 months ago
Flashbak
16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
2 months ago
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
TheCollector
Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
undefined
a month ago
Classical Wisdom
The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
4 months ago
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
Flashbak
Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
5 months ago
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
TheCollector
5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
undefined
a week ago
Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
Open Culture
The Complete History of the Music Video: From the 1890s to Today
If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are...
3 days ago
If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are not obviously music videos. The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the first selection of MTV’s inaugural broadcast, must surely count as a music video — but then, it was...
TheCollector
Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
undefined
a year ago
African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
2 months ago
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
TheCollector
The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
undefined
2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
TheCollector
Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
undefined
6 months ago
Flashbak
Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
3 months ago
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
History Today Feed
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
7 months ago
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
Classical Wisdom
ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
TheCollector
“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
undefined
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
a year ago
The Original Femme Fatales?
TheCollector
10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
undefined
3 months ago
Flashbak
Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
2 weeks ago
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
TheCollector
Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
undefined
3 weeks ago
Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
3 weeks ago
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
TheCollector
Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
undefined
10 months ago
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...
Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
3 months ago
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
TheCollector
The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Locke Explained
undefined
6 months ago
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...
TheCollector
How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
undefined
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Epics Collection
5 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
4 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Eva Perón: Is She Really a Feminist Icon?
undefined
6 days ago
Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
TheCollector
How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
undefined
5 months ago
History Today Feed
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
4 months ago
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
TheCollector
Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
undefined
a month ago
Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
TheCollector
How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
undefined
9 months ago
Flashbak
New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
a year ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
3 weeks ago
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
TheCollector
The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
undefined
5 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
a month ago
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
a month ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
TheCollector
The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
undefined
a month ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
3 months ago
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
TheCollector
Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
undefined
11 months ago
Flashbak
Mazes and Labyrinths: An Illustrated History (1922)
“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” –...
a week ago
“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” – Philip K. Dick, VALIS William H. Matthews leads us through his 1922 book Mazes and Labyrinths from his home in Ruislip in the English county of Middlesex. Compiled shortly...
TheCollector
How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
undefined
12 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
undefined
a month ago
African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
3 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
TheCollector
Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
undefined
4 weeks ago
TheCollector
Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
8 months ago
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
Full Width 
Shortcuts 
Sign Up 
Log In 
Articles 
Reading List 