History Today Feed
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
7 months ago
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
2 months ago
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
TheCollector
Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
Flashbak
London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
TheCollector
Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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TheCollector
Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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Flashbak
Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
TheCollector
History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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TheCollector
Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
6 months ago
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
TheCollector
What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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TheCollector
Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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TheCollector
What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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TheCollector
How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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TheCollector
10 South American Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
a month ago
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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TheCollector
What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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TheCollector
The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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Flashbak
Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
a month ago
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
TheCollector
The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
a year ago
Ancient Philosophy for Children
TheCollector
The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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TheCollector
Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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TheCollector
5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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History Today Feed
The Value of Wills to Historians
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
8 months ago
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
TheCollector
3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
3 weeks ago
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
TheCollector
When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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TheCollector
10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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TheCollector
Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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TheCollector
What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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TheCollector
Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
2 months ago
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Separate History from Myth?
And does it need to be true to be important?
a year ago
And does it need to be true to be important?
TheCollector
Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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6 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Educated rage
American polarisation: part 2
2 months ago
American polarisation: part 2
TheCollector
A History of the United States Senate
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TheCollector
4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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TheCollector
How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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4 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
3 weeks ago
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
11 months ago
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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
Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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Classical Wisdom
[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
Begins in Two Weeks
a year ago
TheCollector
Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
TheCollector
Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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TheCollector
Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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TheCollector
Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
TheCollector
The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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TheCollector
The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
6 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
TheCollector
10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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Flashbak
Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
10 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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TheCollector
Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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TheCollector
What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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TheCollector
5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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TheCollector
5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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TheCollector
The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
7 months ago
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
TheCollector
What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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TheCollector
Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
a month ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
History Today Feed
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
6 months ago
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
History Today Feed
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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TheCollector
Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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12 months ago
TheCollector
The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
4 months ago
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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TheCollector
Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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TheCollector
The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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TheCollector
What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
a year ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
TheCollector
Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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8 months ago
Open Culture
Bob Dylan Reads “ ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” On His Holiday Radio Show (2006)
Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex...
a week ago
Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex Pistols’ singer John Lydon, former Clash frontman Joe Strummer, former Woody Guthrie impersonator Bob Dylan.… Luckily for me, this ain’t just fantasy baseball; at various times,...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
2 months ago
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
TheCollector
Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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TheCollector
What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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TheCollector
What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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TheCollector
4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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Flashbak
1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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TheCollector
5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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TheCollector
History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
How Did Romania Become a Country?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
TheCollector
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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a year ago
TheCollector
Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
TheCollector
British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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TheCollector
The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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TheCollector
Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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TheCollector
Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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TheCollector
Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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TheCollector
Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas
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TheCollector
Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
TheCollector
The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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TheCollector
7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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TheCollector
5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
4 months ago
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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TheCollector
What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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TheCollector
4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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TheCollector
Were Anglo-Saxon Pagans a Threat to Medieval Christian Society?
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Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
2 weeks ago
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
History Today Feed
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
a month ago
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
TheCollector
What Is Capoeira?
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TheCollector
10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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TheCollector
Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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TheCollector
Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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TheCollector
Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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TheCollector
Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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Flashbak
Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
11 months ago
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
TheCollector
Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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Classical Wisdom
Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
a year ago
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
TheCollector
Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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TheCollector
Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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TheCollector
Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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TheCollector
A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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12 months ago
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
Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
TheCollector
Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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Classical Wisdom
Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
a year ago
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
TheCollector
Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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TheCollector
An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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TheCollector
Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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TheCollector
How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
TheCollector
Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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TheCollector
Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
History Today Feed
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
2 months ago
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
11 months ago
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
Classical Wisdom
Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
a year ago
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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TheCollector
4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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6 months ago
Flashbak
A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
a month ago
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
History Today Feed
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
4 months ago
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
TheCollector
Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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TheCollector
Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
2 weeks ago
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
TheCollector
Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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History Today Feed
Putting Mothers on Death Row
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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TheCollector
Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
2 months ago
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
TheCollector
What Were Vincent van Gogh’s Composition Techniques?
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4 days ago
History Today Feed
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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10 Must-Visit Historic Ski Towns in the US
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
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Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
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What Is Voguing?
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Dreams of Space -...
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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Hundred Rabbits
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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over a year ago
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Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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What Was Organization Todt?
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Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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Secrets of the Sibyls
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Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
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With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
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What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
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Final Call
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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Centaurs and Snake-Kings
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A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
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A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
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plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
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The Angolan Civil War: 26 Years of Fighting
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