TheCollector
When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
TheCollector
What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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Flashbak
The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
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Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
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This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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state and society in south-central Africa
TheCollector
New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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TheCollector
10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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TheCollector
Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
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Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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TheCollector
The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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TheCollector
Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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Flashbak
‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
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In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
TheCollector
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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TheCollector
Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
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Some people never grow up.
TheCollector
Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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TheCollector
Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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TheCollector
Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
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an African portrait of an African society
TheCollector
What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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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...
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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
What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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Classical Wisdom
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
TheCollector
Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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Classical Wisdom
Three Cabins Left
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Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
History Today Feed
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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TheCollector
What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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What's it going to be, then?
TheCollector
How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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African History...
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The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
TheCollector
5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
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11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
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100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
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TheCollector
Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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History Today Feed
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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TheCollector
Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
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Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
TheCollector
Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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Wrong Side of...
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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TheCollector
Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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Classical Wisdom
Centaurs and Snake-Kings
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A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
TheCollector
What Was the Kido Butai?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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History Today Feed
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
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Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
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Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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TheCollector
Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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TheCollector
8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
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This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
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Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
TheCollector
Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
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Without living forever in fear and worry?
TheCollector
Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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TheCollector
What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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Hidden History
Antarctic Snow Cruiser
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and...
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In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and field work in Antarctica. By 1939 Antarctica remained as one of the last unexplored regions on the planet. Norwegian adventurer Roald Amundsen had been the first human to reach the...
TheCollector
How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
TheCollector
What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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A Brief History of Chile
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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A History of the United States Senate
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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TheCollector
The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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Is Plato’s Republic a Feminist Work?
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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Classical Wisdom
Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
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TheCollector
Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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TheCollector
Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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Overcoming Bias
Decision Selection Bias
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of...
6 days ago
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of its most technical issues, one that @metaproph3t also discussed recently: decision selection bias.
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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TheCollector
Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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TheCollector
6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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TheCollector
A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
Flashbak
Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
11 months ago
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
History Today Feed
The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
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TheCollector
Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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TheCollector
Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
History Today Feed
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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TheCollector
Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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Classical Wisdom
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TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on...
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The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
TheCollector
Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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Classical Wisdom
A Few Spots Left
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TheCollector
An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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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...
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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...
TheCollector
Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
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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...
TheCollector
The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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TheCollector
11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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History Today Feed
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
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10 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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Classical Wisdom
A Book 100 Years in the Making
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
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8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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Nature in Greek Myth
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TheCollector
The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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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
Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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TheCollector
Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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Open Culture
The New York Times Presents the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, Selected by 503 Novelists, Poets...
For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s...
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For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s just-published list of the 100 best books of the twenty-first century will summon dim memories of many a once-unignorable critical fuss. At one time or another over the past 25...
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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Classical Wisdom
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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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
Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Things Don't Always Get Better.
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
3 months ago
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
TheCollector
How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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8 months ago
Flashbak
1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
9 months ago
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
7 months ago
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
7 months ago
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
TheCollector
Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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TheCollector
What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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TheCollector
Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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a month ago
Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
a year ago
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
TheCollector
Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
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
3 weeks ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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a year ago
African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
a year ago
Africa's past carved in ivory
Classical Wisdom
Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
TheCollector
What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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TheCollector
Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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TheCollector
What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
11 months ago
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
TheCollector
5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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TheCollector
Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Tolkien and Plato
a year ago
TheCollector
The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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TheCollector
10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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2 months 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
History Today Feed
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
What Makes the City of London Unique?
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
3 months ago
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
TheCollector
American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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TheCollector
Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
a year ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
History Today Feed
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
4 months ago
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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10 months ago
weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
a year ago
oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
TheCollector
6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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a year ago
History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
9 months ago
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
TheCollector
FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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2 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
How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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TheCollector
What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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a month ago
Open Culture
The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks,...
2 weeks ago
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
TheCollector
4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
TheCollector
What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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9 months ago
Flashbak
El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
TheCollector
The Gleiwitz Incident: When Nazis Faked an Attack on Germany
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Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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TheCollector
Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Archaeologists Find Colorful Still Life Frescoes at Pompeii
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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5 months ago
Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
a year ago
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
TheCollector
What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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9 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
History Today Feed
Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
TheCollector
Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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10 months ago
TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
TheCollector
Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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a year ago
Flashbak
48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
3 weeks ago
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
TheCollector
Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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TheCollector
Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
2 months ago
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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2 months ago
Flashbak
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...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
TheCollector
How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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a month ago
Flashbak
British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
2 months ago
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
Hidden History
The Story of the Cow
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
3 days ago
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
History Today Feed
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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TheCollector
Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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2 months ago
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