Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Roman Empire Podcasts
a year ago
TheCollector
Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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a month ago
TheCollector
5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
2 weeks ago
But who is prepared to admit it?
TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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a year ago
TheCollector
The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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a year ago
TheCollector
Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
6 months ago
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
TheCollector
What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters and Myths
a year ago
TheCollector
7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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a year ago
CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
a week ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
2 months ago
TheCollector
Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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2 weeks ago
History Today Feed
The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
11 months ago
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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a year ago
Flashbak
Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
9 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
Classical Wisdom
Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
TheCollector
Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Assassinations That Changed History
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
a year ago
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
TheCollector
The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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11 months ago
TheCollector
“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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6 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
11 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
TheCollector
Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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3 weeks ago
African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
over a year ago
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
a year ago
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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a month ago
Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
3 days ago
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
TheCollector
HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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11 months ago
TheCollector
7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
6 months ago
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
TheCollector
How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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a year ago
TheCollector
Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
TheCollector
Who Was Walt Whitman?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
St. Nick and Saturnalia
5 hours ago
TheCollector
The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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5 days ago
TheCollector
New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
Flashbak
Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
9 months ago
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
TheCollector
London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
2 months ago
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
Flashbak
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
a week ago
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
TheCollector
Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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3 months ago
TheCollector
10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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2 days ago
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
American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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a year ago
African History...
The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 8
TheCollector
UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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3 months ago
TheCollector
West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
11 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
TheCollector
Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
3 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
TheCollector
Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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a year ago
TheCollector
Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
a year ago
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
TheCollector
When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
TheCollector
Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
How French Was Medieval England?
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
11 months ago
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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12 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
TheCollector
Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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a year ago
TheCollector
When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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a week ago
TheCollector
Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
6 months ago
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
Flashbak
Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
a week ago
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
TheCollector
Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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5 months ago
TheCollector
7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
7 months ago
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
History Today Feed
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
11 months ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
a week ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
TheCollector
Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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2 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
TheCollector
Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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a year ago
TheCollector
Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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a year ago
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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10 months ago
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
TheCollector
What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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3 days ago
TheCollector
Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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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
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the...
11 months ago
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the Hellenistic army and its Macedonian phalanx and the Romans with their legions. Last week, we looked at the weapons, organization and fighting style of the Macedonian phalanx, the infantry...
TheCollector
The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
7 months ago
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
7 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
6 months ago
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
a month ago
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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a month ago
Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
TheCollector
Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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5 months ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
4 months ago
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
TheCollector
How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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4 days ago
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
2 months ago
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
TheCollector
Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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a year ago
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.”
weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
2 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
History Today Feed
How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
11 months ago
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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a year ago
TheCollector
What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
3 months ago
TheCollector
Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
5 months ago
A book review from the future.
TheCollector
How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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12 months ago
Flashbak
Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
5 months ago
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
Flashbak
The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
6 months ago
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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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...
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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...
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.
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On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
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Laconic wit through the centuries
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
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Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
CrimethInc.
How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
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There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a hurricane has just torn through the state,...
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
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Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
7 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
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The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
a year ago
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
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Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
8 months ago
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
a year ago
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
6 months ago
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
10 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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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...
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
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“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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5 Military Geniuses From History
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
TheCollector
Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
2 weeks ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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History Today Feed
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
4 months ago
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
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“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
Trying to Understand...
A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
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What's it going to be, then?
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
3 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
4 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
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Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
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For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
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The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
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The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the...
9 months ago
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
6 months ago
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
Flashbak
A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
5 days ago
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
8 months ago
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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