TheCollector
The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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Flashbak
Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
10 months ago
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
TheCollector
Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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TheCollector
The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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TheCollector
13 English Words with Greek Origins
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Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
a year ago
Power laws in criminal behavior
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
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...
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
Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
7 months ago
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
TheCollector
4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
2 weeks ago
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
TheCollector
Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
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Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
a week ago
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
TheCollector
Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
2 months ago
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
TheCollector
Cotton & How It Changed the World
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
a year ago
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
TheCollector
What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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TheCollector
6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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TheCollector
Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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History Today Feed
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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Classical Wisdom
The First Biographers
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
a year ago
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
a month ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
TheCollector
American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
a year ago
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
3 days ago
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
TheCollector
Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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TheCollector
Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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Flashbak
Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
4 months ago
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
2 weeks ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
TheCollector
Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
TheCollector
6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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TheCollector
Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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History Today Feed
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
a month ago
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JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
TheCollector
How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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Trying to Understand...
No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
TheCollector
The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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Upcoming Events
So you're in the know...
a year ago
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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Flashbak
Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
7 months ago
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
TheCollector
How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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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...
11 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...
TheCollector
3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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African History...
The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
3 months ago
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
TheCollector
5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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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...
11 months 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...
TheCollector
Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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History Today Feed
How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
3 weeks ago
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
TheCollector
What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
6 months ago
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
TheCollector
Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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Flashbak
Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
2 months ago
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
TheCollector
Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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TheCollector
Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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Flashbak
Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
2 weeks ago
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
TheCollector
Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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TheCollector
How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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TheCollector
Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Changing Seasons
3 months ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
TheCollector
What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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History Today Feed
Columbine 25 Years On
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
8 months ago
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
Flashbak
Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
Flashbak
‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
a year ago
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
TheCollector
Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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TheCollector
What Is the Gettier Problem?
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TheCollector
The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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History Today Feed
The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
a month ago
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
Classical Wisdom
Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
6 months ago
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
TheCollector
Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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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...
a week 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
Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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TheCollector
The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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Trying to Understand...
The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
2 weeks ago
But who is prepared to admit it?
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Blues?
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TheCollector
Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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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
How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
TheCollector
How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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Trying to Understand...
They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
7 months ago
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
5 months ago
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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TheCollector
Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
11 months ago
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
TheCollector
8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
2 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
a month ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
9 months ago
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
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Weekend Roundup
Origins of Stoicism
5 months ago
TheCollector
Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
a year ago
And what happens when we don’t?
TheCollector
Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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History Today Feed
The Value of Wills to Historians
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JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
8 months ago
The Value of Wills to Historians
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Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
TheCollector
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Continue Reading
TheCollector
Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
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A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
TheCollector
The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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Classical Wisdom
Less than ONE Week Left
In Search of Homer Trip Opening
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In Search of Homer Trip Opening
TheCollector
Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
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Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
TheCollector
6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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Classical Wisdom
Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
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How can we train Resilience?
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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yesterday
Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
TheCollector
What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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History Today Feed
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
History Today Feed
Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
4 months ago
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
TheCollector
How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
8 months ago
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
TheCollector
Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
8 months ago
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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3 months ago
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
a month ago
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
TheCollector
Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
a week ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
TheCollector
Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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3 weeks ago
History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
Wunderland Rabbits,...
Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
6 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
TheCollector
5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
over a year ago
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
TheCollector
Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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a year ago
CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
a month ago
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
TheCollector
Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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a week ago
CrimethInc.
How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
a month ago
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a hurricane has just torn through the state,...
TheCollector
How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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11 months ago
Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
a year ago
Three years late, but historians are always late
TheCollector
How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
a month ago
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
10 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
TheCollector
What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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2 weeks ago
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
TheCollector
10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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10 months ago
Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
a week ago
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
TheCollector
Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
TheCollector
Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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a year ago
TheCollector
‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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5 days ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Does Free Will Exist?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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a week ago
TheCollector
“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
7 months ago
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
TheCollector
5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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9 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
a month ago
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
a year ago
an island in the maelstrom
TheCollector
The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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a year ago
TheCollector
When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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a month ago
History Today Feed
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
a month ago
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
TheCollector
Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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a year ago
TheCollector
Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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a year ago
TheCollector
Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
4 months ago
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
TheCollector
German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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a year ago
TheCollector
The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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a year ago
TheCollector
“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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a year ago
African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
6 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
TheCollector
Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
7 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
Flashbak
Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
3 months ago
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
TheCollector
The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Give a Speech
Secrets from Cicero
4 months ago
TheCollector
Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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2 months ago
TheCollector
5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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a week ago
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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a month ago
TheCollector
Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
a year ago
It's worse than you probably imagine.
Flashbak
Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
6 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
TheCollector
What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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2 months ago
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