TheCollector
How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
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TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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Flashbak
Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
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Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
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Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
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TheCollector
The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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TheCollector
Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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CrimethInc.
The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
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TheCollector
Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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TheCollector
Who Were the Allied Powers?
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Flashbak
On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
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‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
TheCollector
Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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TheCollector
Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
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But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
TheCollector
Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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TheCollector
Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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TheCollector
Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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TheCollector
Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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TheCollector
What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
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TheCollector
How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
TheCollector
How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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TheCollector
Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
TheCollector
What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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TheCollector
7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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TheCollector
Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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Classical Wisdom
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Myths and Metamorphoses
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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TheCollector
6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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Can Any Good Come From War?
The Tragedy of the Trenches
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TheCollector
10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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History Today Feed
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
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Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
TheCollector
How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
TheCollector
What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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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
18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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TheCollector
Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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TheCollector
What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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TheCollector
5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time
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Flashbak
Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
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African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
2 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
TheCollector
Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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Flashbak
Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
8 months ago
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History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
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Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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TheCollector
Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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TheCollector
Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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Flashbak
Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
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TheCollector
Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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TheCollector
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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TheCollector
Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
TheCollector
The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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TheCollector
7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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History Today Feed
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
TheCollector
Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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TheCollector
4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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TheCollector
5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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TheCollector
Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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TheCollector
What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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TheCollector
The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Caspar Hauser
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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African History...
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...
2 weeks ago
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.”
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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TheCollector
Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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TheCollector
How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
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Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
TheCollector
Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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TheCollector
Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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TheCollector
Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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TheCollector
What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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Flashbak
British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
a month ago
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
TheCollector
10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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TheCollector
Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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TheCollector
Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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TheCollector
7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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TheCollector
An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
6 months ago
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year 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
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
5 months ago
Without living forever in fear and worry?
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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a month ago
History Today Feed
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
11 months ago
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
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
Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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a month ago
History Today Feed
France’s Long March Against Racism
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
a year ago
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
TheCollector
Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
a year ago
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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a year ago
TheCollector
3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
3 months ago
Banned Book Week Begins...
TheCollector
Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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6 months ago
Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
a year ago
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
5 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
TheCollector
What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
a year ago
We can't get there from here, anymore.
TheCollector
Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Last Chance!
a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
TheCollector
Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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
Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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a year ago
African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
a month ago
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
History and Myth
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is an Antipope?
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
5 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
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!
Flashbak
This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
2 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
TheCollector
Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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TheCollector
Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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TheCollector
Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
a year ago
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
TheCollector
How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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TheCollector
6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
4 months ago
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
TheCollector
Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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a year ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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4 months ago
Flashbak
The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
5 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
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
7 months ago
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
Classical Wisdom
Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
a year ago
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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...
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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TheCollector
King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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4 days ago
Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
TheCollector
Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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11 months ago
TheCollector
A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
a month ago
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
8 months ago
TheCollector
Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
TheCollector
New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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TheCollector
10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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TheCollector
Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
5 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
TheCollector
What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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a year ago
Flashbak
Stock Car Racing in 1972
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
a month ago
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters and Myths
a year ago
TheCollector
The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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7 months ago
Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
The decline and fall of the print media.
10 months ago
The decline and fall of the print media.
TheCollector
Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
3 months ago
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
African History...
A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
a year ago
State and society on Africa's largest island.
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?
Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
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TheCollector
What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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TheCollector
Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 weeks ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
TheCollector
Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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Classical Wisdom
Why Socrates Matters
New Event: November 22
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Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
6 days ago
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
TheCollector
Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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History Today Feed
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
7 months ago
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
Classical Wisdom
Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
a year ago
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
TheCollector
What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
10 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
TheCollector
What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
a year ago
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.
Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
History Today Feed
The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
8 months ago
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
a month ago
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
TheCollector
5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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TheCollector
The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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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’
2 days ago
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
TheCollector
Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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TheCollector
How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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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,...
5 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
What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
a week ago
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
TheCollector
Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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TheCollector
Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
a year ago
TheCollector
3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
4 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
TheCollector
How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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History Today Feed
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
2 months ago
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
TheCollector
End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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TheCollector
Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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TheCollector
The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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TheCollector
6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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Flashbak
L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
5 months ago
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
History Today Feed
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
2 months ago
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
2 weeks ago
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
TheCollector
Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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TheCollector
Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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Flashbak
Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
6 months ago
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
TheCollector
Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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TheCollector
Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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Flashbak
François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François...
3 weeks ago
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François Brunery (1849 – 1926), and used as the basis for his work as a painter of so-called “Cardinal Paintings”. His work depicting cardinals of the Catholic church in comical or embarrassing...
TheCollector
What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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History Today Feed
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
a month ago
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
TheCollector
5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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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
a month ago
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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
Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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TheCollector
What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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TheCollector
The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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Flashbak
The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
a month ago
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
TheCollector
Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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TheCollector
Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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TheCollector
What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
7 months ago
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
TheCollector
What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
a year ago
Urbanism in the forest region.
TheCollector
6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
2 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
TheCollector
Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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TheCollector
Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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TheCollector
Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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TheCollector
Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
4 days ago
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
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 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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TheCollector
Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
TheCollector
Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
a month ago
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
a year ago
TheCollector
8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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a year ago
Flashbak
Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
6 months ago
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
TheCollector
La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
10 months ago
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