Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
5 months ago
Without living forever in fear and worry?
TheCollector
5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
a year ago
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
TheCollector
What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
6 months ago
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
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
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
TheCollector
What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
4 months ago
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
History Today Feed
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
6 months ago
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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Open Culture
Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Kurt Vonnegut’s Letter of Advice to People Living in the Year 2088
There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters...
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There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters to the future, then publish them in Time magazine as part of an ad campaign. In fact, that time wasn’t so very long ago: it was the year 1988, to be precise, when no less an...
Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
a year ago
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
2 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
a year ago
Bringing History to the Future
TheCollector
13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
TheCollector
Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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TheCollector
What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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History Today Feed
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
a year ago
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
TheCollector
Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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TheCollector
Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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TheCollector
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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History Today Feed
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
11 months ago
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
TheCollector
Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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TheCollector
How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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TheCollector
Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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TheCollector
What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
2 months ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
TheCollector
The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
TheCollector
Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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TheCollector
The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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Flashbak
Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
3 months ago
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters and Myths
a year ago
TheCollector
The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
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a year ago
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History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
11 months ago
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
Classical Wisdom
Three New Year’s Resolutions from Epicurus
An Epic Start to the New Year
4 days ago
An Epic Start to the New Year
TheCollector
Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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TheCollector
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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TheCollector
Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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TheCollector
Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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TheCollector
5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
4 months ago
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
a month ago
An indispensable organization
TheCollector
Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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TheCollector
The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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Classical Wisdom
Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
a month ago
Factoids From the Ancient World
TheCollector
Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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TheCollector
The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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TheCollector
Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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Flashbak
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
6 months ago
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
TheCollector
5 Military Geniuses From History
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
6 months ago
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
4 months ago
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...
Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
Flashbak
Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
8 months ago
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
TheCollector
Who Was George Hodel?
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TheCollector
18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
10 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
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...
TheCollector
How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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TheCollector
What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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TheCollector
Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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TheCollector
6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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TheCollector
6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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Flashbak
How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
TheCollector
Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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TheCollector
Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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TheCollector
A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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TheCollector
What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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TheCollector
Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
a month ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
TheCollector
Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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TheCollector
Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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Flashbak
In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
2 months ago
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
TheCollector
Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Tolkien and Plato
a year ago
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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Were Anglo-Saxon Pagans a Threat to Medieval Christian Society?
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What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Maths, Art, and the Moon
8 months ago
TheCollector
How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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History Today Feed
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
a month ago
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
a year ago
an island in the maelstrom
TheCollector
Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
a month ago
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
TheCollector
6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
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...
TheCollector
A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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TheCollector
Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
2 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plutarch and Pleasure
a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
a month ago
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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TheCollector
Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
2 months ago
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
TheCollector
What Is Populism?
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TheCollector
Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
a month ago
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
TheCollector
Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
11 months ago
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Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
a year ago
TheCollector
It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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TheCollector
What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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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
TheCollector
The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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History Today Feed
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
a year ago
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
TheCollector
What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
a year ago
Some lessons from history and archaeology
TheCollector
German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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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
TheCollector
Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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10 Historic Cities for Expats Around the World
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Flashbak
One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
6 months ago
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Last Chance!
a year ago
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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Flashbak
Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
a year ago
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
History Today Feed
Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
6 months ago
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
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To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
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an African portrait of an African society
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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African History...
A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
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State and society on Africa's largest island.
TheCollector
6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
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Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
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Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
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Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
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Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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History Today Feed
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
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Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
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Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
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Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
TheCollector
Sufism in South and South East Asia
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
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I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
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If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
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We might not be in this mess.
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An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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Flashbak
Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
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Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
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The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
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In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
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6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
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The Importance of the Civic Bargain
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
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In politics, well, it depends.
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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Lost Battlefield of Alexander the Great Discovered in Türkiye
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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...
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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
Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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Leeds Kids the 1970s
Self-styled ‘Luddite photographer” Eric Milese (“relatively recently gone digital – 2011”) named the...
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Self-styled ‘Luddite photographer” Eric Milese (“relatively recently gone digital – 2011”) named the picture below of kids ‘tobogganing’ down a dry, rocky slope in the northern English city of Leeds in the 1970s “The Cresta Run”. It is not the original Cresta Run, which is a...
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Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
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Wars and ideology simplified
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
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a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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Hearing the language of Christ on the road to Damascus
Notes on Christian Syria
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
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Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
History Today Feed
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
2 weeks ago
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
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On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
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Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:40
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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Beyond Stoicism
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New Event: January 7th, 2025
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
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A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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