TheCollector
Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
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In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
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How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
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”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
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The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
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Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
2 months ago
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
TheCollector
Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
7 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
TheCollector
Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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TheCollector
Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
2 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
Flashbak
Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
8 months ago
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
TheCollector
Who Were the Samaritans?
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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What Is Solipsism?
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
TheCollector
Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
a year ago
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
TheCollector
Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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TheCollector
How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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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...
9 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...
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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TheCollector
What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
10 months ago
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
a year ago
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
TheCollector
Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
TheCollector
Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
3 months ago
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
TheCollector
What Was Operation Downfall?
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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Who Was Vernon Lee?
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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TheCollector
Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
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When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
TheCollector
8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
5 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
TheCollector
What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
TheCollector
7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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History Today Feed
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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History Today Feed
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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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
When Was the First Flight in History?
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TheCollector
Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
TheCollector
Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
2 weeks ago
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
100r.co,...
Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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History Today Feed
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
a year ago
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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TheCollector
The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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Classical Wisdom
Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
10 months ago
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
TheCollector
West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
6 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
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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...
Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
a year ago
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
TheCollector
Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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a year ago
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
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
8 months ago
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
TheCollector
How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
TheCollector
Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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Flashbak
Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
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“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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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...
4 weeks ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
TheCollector
10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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Global Inequality...
The three German fears
Historical origins of the malaise
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Historical origins of the malaise
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French...
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The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
a year ago
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Secrets of Crete
a year ago
TheCollector
Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Lost and Found
a year ago
African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
a year ago
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
TheCollector
Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
3 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
TheCollector
Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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TheCollector
6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on...
3 months ago
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
TheCollector
Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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TheCollector
Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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History Today Feed
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
3 months ago
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
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
The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
9 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
TheCollector
7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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TheCollector
4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
2 weeks ago
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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TheCollector
The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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TheCollector
The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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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
Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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TheCollector
Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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TheCollector
How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
a month ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
TheCollector
Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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Classical Wisdom
Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
a year ago
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
6 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
TheCollector
12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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TheCollector
10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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Classical Wisdom
Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
2 months ago
The Silence of the Elephants
Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
a month ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
Res Obscura
Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
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Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
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Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
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Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
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Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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Weekend Roundup
Maths, Art, and the Moon
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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How Can We Separate History from Myth?
And does it need to be true to be important?
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And does it need to be true to be important?
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
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It's worse than you probably imagine.
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World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
a year ago
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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African History...
Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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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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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
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Some people never grow up.
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
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Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
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Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
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The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
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Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
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Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
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historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
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In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
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A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
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A History of Phantom Pain
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
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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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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
7 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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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...
Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
over a year ago
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
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Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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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...
History Today Feed
The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
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“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
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For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
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Count no man happy until the end is known
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What Is the Didache?
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6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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Weekend Roundup
Roman Empire Podcasts
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Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
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The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
Classical Wisdom
Essential Classics
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Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
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For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
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A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
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