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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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The Essential Greeks
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
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***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
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The Scottish Play
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Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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Flashbak
Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
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Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
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Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
TheCollector
Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
a month ago
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
TheCollector
The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
7 months ago
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
TheCollector
How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
TheCollector
Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
8 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
TheCollector
Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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What Was the Chaco War?
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What Are the Five French Republics?
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
7 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
TheCollector
Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
10 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
TheCollector
How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
TheCollector
Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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TheCollector
What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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Trying to Understand...
It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
Classical Wisdom
Religion in the Olympics
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
4 months ago
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
over a year ago
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
TheCollector
6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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History Today Feed
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
TheCollector
Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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Flashbak
László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
3 months ago
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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History Today Feed
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
TheCollector
Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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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 Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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TheCollector
What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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TheCollector
5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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Classical Wisdom
Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
10 months ago
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
TheCollector
The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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TheCollector
5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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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...
Flashbak
Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
3 weeks ago
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Fate and Free Will
8 months ago
TheCollector
Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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4 months 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...
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Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
11 months ago
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A Few Spots Left
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
a month ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
TheCollector
UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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TheCollector
6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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TheCollector
4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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Flashbak
Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
10 months ago
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
History Today Feed
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
a year ago
TheCollector
6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
8 months ago
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
6 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
TheCollector
Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
a year ago
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
TheCollector
What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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TheCollector
Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
Classical Wisdom
Upcoming Events
So you're in the know...
a year ago
TheCollector
Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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TheCollector
What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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TheCollector
Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
8 months ago
Flashbak
Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
TheCollector
Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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Classical Wisdom
[Video] Roundtable Discussion with Mary Naples
Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
a year ago
Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
Patterns in Humanity
Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
11 months ago
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
TheCollector
What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
6 months ago
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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TheCollector
The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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a month ago
History Today Feed
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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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
Global Inequality...
The three German fears
Historical origins of the malaise
a year ago
Historical origins of the malaise
TheCollector
The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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TheCollector
Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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TheCollector
Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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TheCollector
Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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7 months ago
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
TheCollector
Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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3 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
7 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
TheCollector
9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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TheCollector
Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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TheCollector
Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
TheCollector
Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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TheCollector
How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
TheCollector
What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
8 months ago
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
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?
African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
TheCollector
Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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3 months ago
African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
a year ago
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
TheCollector
Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
a year ago
TheCollector
Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
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
TheCollector
Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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TheCollector
Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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TheCollector
4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
a year ago
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
TheCollector
Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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a year ago
TheCollector
‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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TheCollector
7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
No More Heroes.
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
a month ago
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love, love, love
10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Maccabees?
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
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Summary of changes for January
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
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an island in the maelstrom
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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Futarchy Futurism
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
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For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
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I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
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Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
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Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
Flashbak
Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
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“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
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“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
History Today Feed
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
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In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
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Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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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...
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
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Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
The Great Migration to Bluesky
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The Great Migration to Bluesky
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
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a year ago
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
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How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
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The Death of Clive of India
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Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
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The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
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Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
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Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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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,...
History Today Feed
The Lost Years of Jesus
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
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The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
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For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
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A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
Flashbak
A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
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It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
weird medieval guys
The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
A history of the monastic high life
a year ago
A history of the monastic high life
Flashbak
Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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The History of Appalachia & Its People
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
a year ago
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
TheCollector
How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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