TheCollector
Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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TheCollector
Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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TheCollector
British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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TheCollector
Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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TheCollector
Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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TheCollector
7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
3 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
TheCollector
World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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TheCollector
The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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TheCollector
Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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TheCollector
What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
4 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
TheCollector
How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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Classical Wisdom
Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
a year ago
TheCollector
Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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Flashbak
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...
6 months ago
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...
Flashbak
Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
a year ago
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
TheCollector
Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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TheCollector
Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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Hundred Rabbits
hello fujisan
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
TheCollector
What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
11 months ago
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
TheCollector
How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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TheCollector
6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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TheCollector
What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
a year ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
History Today Feed
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
3 months ago
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
TheCollector
Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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TheCollector
The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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TheCollector
Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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7 months ago
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 Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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TheCollector
Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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TheCollector
Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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TheCollector
Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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TheCollector
Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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TheCollector
Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
12 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
TheCollector
Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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TheCollector
Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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TheCollector
What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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TheCollector
5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
TheCollector
10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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TheCollector
Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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TheCollector
Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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TheCollector
What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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TheCollector
10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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TheCollector
What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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TheCollector
7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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TheCollector
UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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TheCollector
Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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TheCollector
What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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TheCollector
What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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TheCollector
Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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TheCollector
Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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History Today Feed
Euripides’ Lost Plays
Euripides’ Lost Plays
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
2 months ago
Euripides’ Lost Plays
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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TheCollector
10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
History Today Feed
Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
6 months ago
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
Open Culture
The Complete History of the Music Video: From the 1890s to Today
If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are...
3 days ago
If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are not obviously music videos. The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the first selection of MTV’s inaugural broadcast, must surely count as a music video — but then, it was...
TheCollector
8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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Flashbak
Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most...
a month ago
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
TheCollector
Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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TheCollector
Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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TheCollector
What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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TheCollector
French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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TheCollector
Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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a year ago
Flashbak
President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
2 months ago
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
TheCollector
Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
8 months ago
TheCollector
Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Many Roads to Rome
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
6 months ago
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
TheCollector
Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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2 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
5 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
TheCollector
Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
a month ago
Please help us not to understand.
TheCollector
World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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6 months ago
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...
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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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
TheCollector
Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
4 months ago
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
2 weeks ago
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
TheCollector
Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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TheCollector
What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
a month ago
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
TheCollector
Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
a year ago
a revolution with a contested legacy.
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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TheCollector
Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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2 months ago
African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
a year ago
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
TheCollector
Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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10 months ago
TheCollector
11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
3 months ago
Banned Book Week Begins...
TheCollector
10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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TheCollector
Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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TheCollector
The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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TheCollector
What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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TheCollector
What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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TheCollector
Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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TheCollector
Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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9 months ago
African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
a year ago
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
TheCollector
Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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TheCollector
What Is Solipsism?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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TheCollector
Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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4 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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TheCollector
The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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a year ago
TheCollector
Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
TheCollector
How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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TheCollector
Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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TheCollector
How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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TheCollector
The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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TheCollector
What Is the Gettier Problem?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Heracles Captures the Cretan Bull: The Hero’s Seventh Labor
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TheCollector
Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
11 months ago
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
TheCollector
TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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TheCollector
What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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TheCollector
4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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TheCollector
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
6 months ago
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
TheCollector
What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Dante’s Political Philosophy?
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Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
12 months ago
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
TheCollector
Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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TheCollector
What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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TheCollector
From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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10 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
Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
a month ago
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
2 months ago
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
TheCollector
How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
Flashbak
Historical Figures in Ridiculous Frippery: Ruff Love For Old Masters
“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you...
2 days ago
“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you really were? What if the face you showed the world turned out to be a mask… with nothing beneath it?” — Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes Volker Hermes lampoons traditional...
Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
TheCollector
1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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TheCollector
Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
a year ago
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
TheCollector
Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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TheCollector
Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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5 months ago
Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
a year ago
Three years late, but historians are always late
TheCollector
A History of the Free City of Danzig (Now Gdansk)
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Open Culture
How Leonardo da Vinci Painted The Last Supper: A Deep Dive Into a Masterpiece
When Leonardo da Vinci was 42 years old, he hadn’t yet completed any major publicly viewable work....
a week ago
When Leonardo da Vinci was 42 years old, he hadn’t yet completed any major publicly viewable work. Not that he’d been idle: in that same era, while working for the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza, he “developed, organized, and directed productions for festival pageants, triumphal...
TheCollector
How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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TheCollector
What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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a year ago
TheCollector
“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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10 months 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...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
TheCollector
8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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TheCollector
6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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a year ago
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...
TheCollector
The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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TheCollector
What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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4 months ago
African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
4 months ago
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
TheCollector
Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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TheCollector
When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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Classical Wisdom
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A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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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...
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“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‘...
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Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
a year ago
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
8 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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TheCollector
Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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TheCollector
How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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TheCollector
The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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TheCollector
Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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TheCollector
Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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8 months 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...
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26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
3 months ago
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
TheCollector
Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
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TheCollector
The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
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TheCollector
7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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TheCollector
Silver Shields: Alexander the Great’s Legendary Elite Troops
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
8 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
TheCollector
Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
TheCollector
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
The War on the Countryside
The Shire must be brought to heel
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
TheCollector
Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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TheCollector
Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
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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
A Few Spots Left
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
4 months ago
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
a month ago
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
TheCollector
England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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11 months ago
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
11 months ago
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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TheCollector
5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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11 months ago
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...
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
8 months ago
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
TheCollector
Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters and Myths
a year ago
TheCollector
How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and...
2 months ago
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
TheCollector
What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
TheCollector
Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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TheCollector
What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
a year ago
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
11 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
TheCollector
Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
3 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
TheCollector
What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
6 months ago
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TheCollector
Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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TheCollector
Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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Classical Wisdom
The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
TheCollector
The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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TheCollector
Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
a year ago
Some lessons from history and archaeology
Tjaart’s Substack
The curious case of the missing period
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
10 months ago
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
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Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
a month ago
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
TheCollector
Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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a year ago
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Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
TheCollector
Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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2 months ago
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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9 months ago
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