weird medieval guys
The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
A history of the monastic high life
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A history of the monastic high life
CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
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On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
Trying to Understand...
No More Heroes.
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
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Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
TheCollector
A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
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An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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The Gleiwitz Incident: When Nazis Faked an Attack on Germany
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Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
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“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
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Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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Flashbak
A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
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Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
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How Iran Won the West
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TheCollector
The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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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.
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
TheCollector
Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
TheCollector
What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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Classical Wisdom
The Pompeii Mosaics
Frozen by Fire
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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Wrong Side of...
Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
TheCollector
Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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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...
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Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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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
What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
History Today Feed
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
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TheCollector
What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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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...
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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...
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
a week ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
3 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
TheCollector
A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
TheCollector
The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
10 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
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3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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Classical Wisdom
12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
3 months ago
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
TheCollector
What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
Flashbak
Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
10 months ago
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
History Today Feed
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
5 months ago
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
6 Micronations You Should Know
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Flashbak
One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
9 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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Global Inequality...
The three German fears
Historical origins of the malaise
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Historical origins of the malaise
TheCollector
The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
TheCollector
The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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Classical Wisdom
The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
7 months ago
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
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Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
TheCollector
The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
TheCollector
The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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10 Myths About the Greek Goddess Athena
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What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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History Today Feed
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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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...
TheCollector
Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
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The Antikythera Mechanism
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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...
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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...
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What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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CrimethInc.
2024: Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire : The Year in Review
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead....
2 days ago
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead. Here, we review the events of 2024 and our own contributions to the fight for a better world.
A year that began amid genocide in Palestine and war in Ukraine and Sudan is concluding...
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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Flashbak
Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
a year ago
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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TheCollector
What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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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 …...
TheCollector
10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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TheCollector
The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
10 months ago
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
TheCollector
The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
TheCollector
Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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‘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...
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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
6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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History Today Feed
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
Euripides’ Lost Plays
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Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
Flashbak
Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
4 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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Heracles Captures the Cretan Bull: The Hero’s Seventh Labor
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle on Friendship
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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
12 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
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
Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
6 months ago
It was all too difficult, finally.
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...
TheCollector
How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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Eva Perón: Is She Really a Feminist Icon?
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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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....
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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Classical Wisdom
Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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a year ago
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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Words and Worlds: Does Language Shape Our Reality?
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$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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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
The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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10 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
Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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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...
Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
4 weeks ago
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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Flashbak
‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
a month ago
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many inner city areas being bulldozed and instant slums being created on its outskirts. It seemed to have learnt nothing from the mistakes I had fought against during the previous decade...
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
a month ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
TheCollector
What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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TheCollector
Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
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
When Was the First Crusade?
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
9 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
TheCollector
What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
2 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
TheCollector
What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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Classical Wisdom
Three New Year’s Resolutions from Epicurus
An Epic Start to the New Year
4 days ago
An Epic Start to the New Year
TheCollector
College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
TheCollector
Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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TheCollector
Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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8 months ago
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,...
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Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
TheCollector
The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
8 months ago
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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Trying to Understand...
No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
a year ago
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
TheCollector
Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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TheCollector
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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Flashbak
Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
9 months ago
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
4 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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Flashbak
L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
6 months ago
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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TheCollector
Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
2 months ago
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
Classical Wisdom
The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
TheCollector
What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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Who Were the Important Jewish Philosophers of the Medieval Period?
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A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
a month ago
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
TheCollector
Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
a year ago
The Essential Greeks Returns!
Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
a year ago
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
TheCollector
Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
5 months ago
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
9 months ago
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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Anglo-French Wars: 13 Conflicts Between France & England
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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