Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
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“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...
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New Study May Reveal Stonehenge’s Mysterious Origins
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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The Surprising Origins of Wonder Woman: A Revolutionary Comic History
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Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
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5 Women in Philosophy of Mind You Should Know
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
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“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
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Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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...
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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...
Tjaart’s Substack
The curious case of the missing period
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
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When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
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At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
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Should we pay attention to them?
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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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...
Classical Wisdom
The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
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What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
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The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
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Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
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Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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The Historically Accurate Greek Armors of Dimitrios Katsikis (Interview)
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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TheCollector
Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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History Today Feed
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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Flashbak
The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
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“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
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Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
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Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert...
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“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert Mallet-Stevens In 1924, French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 – February 8, 1945) published La Gazette Des 7 Arts magazine and founded the Club des amis du...
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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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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10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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Classical Wisdom
5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
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Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
8 months ago
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
The Great Migration to Bluesky
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The Great Migration to Bluesky
TheCollector
What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
a month ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
2 months ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Classical Wisdom
What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
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On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
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And if not, what are the consequences?
African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
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In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
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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 Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
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TheCollector
What Is Transcendentalism?
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
Flashbak
Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
10 months ago
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
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I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
TheCollector
10 London Museums You Should Visit
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
NEW Event
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Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
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Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
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The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
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“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
a year ago
And what happens when we don’t?
TheCollector
Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look...
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This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
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Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
2 months ago
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
African History...
The Meroitic script and the documents of ancient Kush (ca. 300BC-450CE)
The Meroitic writing system of the kingdom of Kush is one of the best-known, yet most enigmatic...
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The Meroitic writing system of the kingdom of Kush is one of the best-known, yet most enigmatic scripts of the ancient world.
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The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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What Is Theodicy?
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What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
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Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
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Flashbak
Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
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Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
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Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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Weekend Roundup
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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6 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently...
2 months ago
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
TheCollector
What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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a month ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
TheCollector
Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
9 months ago
TheCollector
The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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a year ago
TheCollector
Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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a year ago
TheCollector
Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
2 months ago
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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8 months ago
TheCollector
West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
a month ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
TheCollector
Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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a year ago
TheCollector
Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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3 weeks ago
Flashbak
Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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a year ago
TheCollector
Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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a month ago
Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
TheCollector
What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
8 months ago
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
Open Culture
Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Performed by a Choir of 4,000 Singers
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from...
4 hours ago
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from Toronto that meets weekly and sings their hearts out. You’ve seen them sing Prince’s “When Doves Cry,” Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” (to honor Chris Cornell), and Patti Smith’s...
TheCollector
Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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a year ago
Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
TheCollector
15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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11 months ago
Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
4 months ago
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
TheCollector
Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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8 months ago
TheCollector
4 Important Philosophers of German Idealism You Should Know
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a week ago
Flashbak
Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
TheCollector
The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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a year ago
Flashbak
Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
7 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
TheCollector
The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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12 months ago
Flashbak
Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
6 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
TheCollector
Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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a month ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
TheCollector
What Was the First Triumvirate?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
TheCollector
Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
a year ago
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
TheCollector
How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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3 months ago
African History...
A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
Journal of African cities chapter 5
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 5
Flashbak
Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
TheCollector
Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
a year ago
The Life and Work of Pheidias
TheCollector
What Was the Chaco War?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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a month ago
Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
a month ago
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
TheCollector
What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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a year ago
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
An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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6 months ago
Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
3 weeks ago
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
TheCollector
Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato and Atlantis
11 months ago
TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
8 months ago
History Today Feed
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
2 months ago
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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...
African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
a year ago
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
TheCollector
4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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2 months ago
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.
Classical Wisdom
Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
a year ago
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
TheCollector
What is Appalachian Culture?
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a year ago
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
Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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3 months ago
TheCollector
End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
2 months ago
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
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a year ago
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TheCollector
Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
TheCollector
Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
8 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
TheCollector
What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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11 months ago
TheCollector
8 Things You Didn’t Know About Eva Perón
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a week 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
10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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2 weeks ago
Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
a month ago
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
TheCollector
Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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8 months ago
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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a year ago
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Landsknechts?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle's Politics
3 months ago
TheCollector
Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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7 months ago
TheCollector
5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
11 months ago
TheCollector
Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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4 months ago
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